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Hello Fellow H-Tails,
I have been noticing a tendency for my unit to "pull to the right", so
to speak. Yesterday I was up in my '46 415-C (w/ C-85) and in simple
straight and level flight (alone) and I let go of the yoke. It slowly
but surely went into a 60º right bank (I splurged and put in an
attitude indicator (factory rebuilt R.C. Allen) and a vacuum system to
support it, i.e. Aircraft Spruce's humungous venturi, Rapco regulator &
filter - Santa said she might bring me a DG next month). Anyway, I
tried it several times, and it kept turning decidedly right, and, if
not stopped, would go 60º. It was undeterred by my load in the left
side.
My unit is due for its annual next month. I would like them to adjust
the rigging to make it fly flat. Can anyone provide guidance for the
shop? The Ercoupe printed materials I have don't seem to address this
kind of fine tuning. I recall that this list touched on this recently,
but I don't recall an ultimate solution, beyond a work-around of
bending the trailing edge of the right aileron (or both of them?). I'd
prefer to avoid having them do it by trial and error, as this could eat
up a ton of billable hours and is liable to be reinventing a wheel that
some of you fully understand.
Thanking you all in anticipation,
Jim Brennan (James Beach Brennan, a/k/a "Beach")
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(you can see my unit at http://www.jbrennan.com/992.html ...the rest
of the "Non-Commercial" page has other aircraft)
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