bruceh
Well Known Member
I'm using the plastic internal rudder stop, so I need to check that I have the correct swing in the rudder. The plans here are confusing.
They call out that the proper deflection angle is 35 degrees, which is attained when the outboard trailing edge of the the elevator skin and rudder skin trailing edge is 46 1/8". I checked the deflection angle with a protractor and it is right on at 35 degrees, but measuring with the tape as they describe is more like 48.5". Since the trailing edge of the rudder is angled, it is hard to really get an accurate measurement. As you can see in this photo, there is an even 2" of space all along the rudder to the inboard edges of the elevators.
Can someone out there with a 9 confirm that this inboard distance looks OK?
They call out that the proper deflection angle is 35 degrees, which is attained when the outboard trailing edge of the the elevator skin and rudder skin trailing edge is 46 1/8". I checked the deflection angle with a protractor and it is right on at 35 degrees, but measuring with the tape as they describe is more like 48.5". Since the trailing edge of the rudder is angled, it is hard to really get an accurate measurement. As you can see in this photo, there is an even 2" of space all along the rudder to the inboard edges of the elevators.
Can someone out there with a 9 confirm that this inboard distance looks OK?