Howdy all.
Fit the chains today, after waiting for the eye bolts to come in. I mounted them with the rudder eye bolt down and the tail wheel horn eye bolt up as some have suggested to decrease the force angle. Everything else is the same per plans.
My question is while we were testing rudder full deflection, parked of course, the chains were rubbing on the bottom of the rudder, at say 70% deflection (20+ deg). It would appear if I mounted them per stock that they would rub for a greater arc (make things worse). Has anyone else run into this or is my rudder fairing hanging down too far?
I think I could probably fix it by flipping the eye bolts on the tailwheel, but thought I should ask the "all knowing cloud of RV knowledge" first.
Thanks.
Fit the chains today, after waiting for the eye bolts to come in. I mounted them with the rudder eye bolt down and the tail wheel horn eye bolt up as some have suggested to decrease the force angle. Everything else is the same per plans.
My question is while we were testing rudder full deflection, parked of course, the chains were rubbing on the bottom of the rudder, at say 70% deflection (20+ deg). It would appear if I mounted them per stock that they would rub for a greater arc (make things worse). Has anyone else run into this or is my rudder fairing hanging down too far?
I think I could probably fix it by flipping the eye bolts on the tailwheel, but thought I should ask the "all knowing cloud of RV knowledge" first.
Thanks.
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