New to me RV8 needs a half ball trim. What's the elegant solution?
New to me RV8 needs a half ball trim. What's the elegant solution?
Pray tell, how do I tell if I have a heavy wing? Scales on the ground equal fuel? I am not the builder. The plane flies great and straight just laying a toe on the right rudder pedal.
Never thought about wheel pants off either. Is that a common touch point?
Simple Solution....
I didn't build my plane but I have made my first custom plane part! It started with a simple AutoCAD drawing that I printed true scale and taped to sheet aluminum. Easy enough to cut out the part with shears and file the perimeter smooth. Mounted behind the stern light with the stern light screws. First flight perfect guess from a half ball right to a half ball left since I wanted to extrapolate to center. First trim got me to a half ball left. Final trim got me to almost perfect. Just a smidge off center.
. . . . g zero gets credit for sharing the design!
Unfortunately this blocks off the view to the left of your light, making night flight not in conformance with FARs.
Methinks I am legal, viewable within the 70 degrees side to side required for a stern light:
There is actually a shield on the stern light itself that blocks the view from the side.
My mistake. For some reason, I was thinking that the requirement was 180°.
No worries! When I was looking this up before deciding on this solution, I guessed it would be 135 degrees, same as ships. I wonder why it is different? I think ships came before airships!