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Old 04-15-2015, 06:01 PM
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Default Heavy LH wing

So many work to find out what is happening, it is very heavy indeed specially at high speeds, on final to land hands free, weird!!!!!!
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Old 04-15-2015, 07:06 PM
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Check the trailing edge of the right aileron... if the radius is not correct, it will give you a heavy left wing.
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Old 04-15-2015, 07:34 PM
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Check Van's website. They have a list of things to check for a heavy wing. A list in order of things to do before you squeeze the trailing edge. I have not done this so I am no help.
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Old 04-15-2015, 08:21 PM
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Search for a thread on this site that discusses using a coffee-stirring straw taped to the trailing edge bottom of the right aileron to correct for a heavy left wing. I tried it to correct what sounds very much like your situation in my RV-8, and it worked perfectly the first try.
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Old 04-16-2015, 02:51 PM
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I will do all checks including trailing edges, I notice that is not a rare problem, thanks captains
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