On a cross country yesterday, cruising at 7500', my airplane began to dive without my decision or consent!
I throttled back since the stick pressures were buildiing and quickly tried to figure out what was happening. Was something jammed inside the control system?.....did something on the tail leave the airplane?
Once slowed enough to safely override the dive with back pressure I discovered the trim had gone to FULL nose down with no input from me at all.
I used the switch (on my infinity grip) to again trim the airplane and all was normal. When I landed and inspected, I could find nothing obvious to cause this.
I'd appreciate any ideas or similar experiences and how you delt with it.
Ron
N8ZD - RV-4.......Flying fine for 8 months until yesterday.
I throttled back since the stick pressures were buildiing and quickly tried to figure out what was happening. Was something jammed inside the control system?.....did something on the tail leave the airplane?
Once slowed enough to safely override the dive with back pressure I discovered the trim had gone to FULL nose down with no input from me at all.
I used the switch (on my infinity grip) to again trim the airplane and all was normal. When I landed and inspected, I could find nothing obvious to cause this.
I'd appreciate any ideas or similar experiences and how you delt with it.
Ron
N8ZD - RV-4.......Flying fine for 8 months until yesterday.