As I am an older pilot, my approach to my return to flying (flew when I was much younger) was to buy a flying RV-6A to gain experience while I worked on deciding what I wanted to build, and to have something to fly while building. For this older RV-6A I have been slowly fixing it up & rebuiding some parts, such as changing wheel pants and fairings to the newer pressure recovery type. I have about 150 hours in the plane.
This plane seems to have a "rigging" problem and I have had other RV pilots comment that it seemed "heavy". I am interested in doing as much as I can to "lighten" it and correct any problems that are possible to be corrected. It currently has trims tabs on right aileron and the rudder and I can see that the elevators are not aligned.
I would apprecaite any inputs from others as to everything that should be checked. I'm not opposed to buying/building some parts if necessary. Might be good practice.
Thanks in advance.
This plane seems to have a "rigging" problem and I have had other RV pilots comment that it seemed "heavy". I am interested in doing as much as I can to "lighten" it and correct any problems that are possible to be corrected. It currently has trims tabs on right aileron and the rudder and I can see that the elevators are not aligned.
I would apprecaite any inputs from others as to everything that should be checked. I'm not opposed to buying/building some parts if necessary. Might be good practice.
Thanks in advance.