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I've purchased a flying RV6A and durning my first condition inspection my mechanic says we need to adjust the aleron angles. Does any know the factory angle limits for up and down. I can find the settings in the old drawings that came with the plane. Thanks!
Ramsey Bishop
Be very careful when adjusting the aileron throw on an RV-6. The belcranks must be precisely centered. A slightly "off" adjustment can cause an "over-center" lock-up of the controls in one direction or the other.
To start you off, Look for an alignment hole drilled in the bellcrank. A drill bit is placed in the hole to lock the 2 bellcranks in position with the bellcrank support.
Or the builder skipped that step.
There were no alignment holes in the plans when I built my wings (circa '97).
Just to reiterate, there were no holes and alignment pins in the early RV-6 plans.
That procedure came later.