wawrzynskivp
Well Known Member
Just had a pre-buy inspection on my build and the inspector struggled with the asymmetric weighting on my elevators. Electric trim installed on the left made the counterbalance on the left greater than needed on the right. But the thing that stuck out was that the inspector was adamant that the proper way to balance is AFTER the elevators are tied together. Of course I did check balance after they were tied, but only after balancing individually first.
So is it common for folks to carry individually imbalanced and thus oppositely balanced elevators provided that their total balance is neutral? If so then there will be residual torque carried from one elevator to the next at each upset. One elevator will be more responsible for the correcting or neutral inertia and that load will probably concentrate at the outer hinge.
So just for consideration here is a quickie survey that may or may not convey any useful conclusion.
(if this has been run to ground and I just didn't catch it then post that here and I'll delete)
So is it common for folks to carry individually imbalanced and thus oppositely balanced elevators provided that their total balance is neutral? If so then there will be residual torque carried from one elevator to the next at each upset. One elevator will be more responsible for the correcting or neutral inertia and that load will probably concentrate at the outer hinge.
So just for consideration here is a quickie survey that may or may not convey any useful conclusion.
(if this has been run to ground and I just didn't catch it then post that here and I'll delete)
Last edited: