John wrote:
> I would not recommend flying it that way, but should you > decide to, ensure that the springs and trim tab stop are > keeping the trim tab even with the chord of the elevator. Lots of good suggestions being made. I flew once with the trim tab faulty. I had to push pretty hard to keep the plane from nosing way up. This pushing while flying was very disconcerting and I got down fast. If you do fly it, I'd do as John suggests, set the trim tab flat to the elevator. John suggested the chord. Humm. That might give more nose down trim than you want. You might have to hold a lot of back pressure at all speeds during such a flight. But I don't know that I'd want to recommend anything different. It's conceivable that having the trim tab parallel to the upper surface of the elevator might give a trim speed closer to your true trim speed. I don't know and any such flight will be as a test pilot. If you do fly it, I'd want to clamp the trim tab in the position you choose so it can't float and cause elevator flutter. (There's supposed to be a spring strong enough to hold the trim tab against the stop to prevent this.) Ah, shucks and fuss! Good luck. Hope it turns out to be a minor fix. Ed
