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Old 08-15-2007, 01:22 PM
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Default Squeeze Heavy Wing or Light Wing?

QUICK QUESTION: Hoping for quick answer....

RV Experts: Do you squeeze the trailing edge of the aileron on an RV on the heavy wing side or the light wing side to fix the slight 'heavy wing' problem...we can't remember???

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Old 08-15-2007, 01:27 PM
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http://www.vansaircraft.com/pdf/Wing_Heavy.pdf
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Old 08-15-2007, 01:28 PM
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Squeeze the light wing or fatten the heavy wing.
The way I remember it is, a thicker airfoil provides more lift. (Maybe not technically true, but...)
You can fatten a trailing edge using a 2x4 and a hammer. Lay the board against the trailing edge and whack it along the length.
It doesn't take very much whether you do it one way or the other.
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Old 08-15-2007, 01:40 PM
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Squeezing the trailing edge makes the aileron "fly up" thereby pulling that wing down. Squeeze the aileron on the light wing.
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Old 08-15-2007, 02:39 PM
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