I'm putting the trim aileron system together, and it is all fitting together fine, except that the little slot to hold the wire connector makes no sense and I'm not using that cutout.
My question is about the spring tension and how the forces work for trim. The way it is setup any aileron action at the stick must pull on the trim actuator arm via the springs connected to it. The springs are pretty strong - 6" of spread when connected and seems like 30-40 pounds of force to get it done. The springs counter each other so tensioning one relaxes the other, so I suppose at the stick you can't feel the difference when moving it around?
The linkages to the spring arm move freely but there is a little play at the elbow so that the arm has about 1/32 play. Will that make any practical difference? Or should I redo the linkage between the servo and spring arm to get that play out?
My question is about the spring tension and how the forces work for trim. The way it is setup any aileron action at the stick must pull on the trim actuator arm via the springs connected to it. The springs are pretty strong - 6" of spread when connected and seems like 30-40 pounds of force to get it done. The springs counter each other so tensioning one relaxes the other, so I suppose at the stick you can't feel the difference when moving it around?
The linkages to the spring arm move freely but there is a little play at the elbow so that the arm has about 1/32 play. Will that make any practical difference? Or should I redo the linkage between the servo and spring arm to get that play out?
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