Rallylancer122
Well Known Member
Hi All,
I just finished a significant rebuild of my Dad's RV-8 that included reskinning the rudder and remounting the vertical stab (new attach plate and holes). I mounted the fin centered per Vans instructions. When I test flew it last night, it needed a significant amount of right rudder in cruise. Is this normal?
I don't recall it being this out of trim when I flew it before the repairs. Unfortunately I didn't think to measure what it had when I took it apart. I recall Dad at various times installing trim wedges on the rudder, but there wasn't one when I took it apart.
The easy thing would be to just put on a trim tab, but I just reskinned the rudder and the thought of drilling new holes into it depresses me. Besides, I just don't like them (ugly). Has anybody tried offsetting the vertical stab? A forum search shows some of the -6 and -4 guys did it, but not sure if anyone has tried it on an -8.
Thanks!
DEM
I just finished a significant rebuild of my Dad's RV-8 that included reskinning the rudder and remounting the vertical stab (new attach plate and holes). I mounted the fin centered per Vans instructions. When I test flew it last night, it needed a significant amount of right rudder in cruise. Is this normal?
I don't recall it being this out of trim when I flew it before the repairs. Unfortunately I didn't think to measure what it had when I took it apart. I recall Dad at various times installing trim wedges on the rudder, but there wasn't one when I took it apart.
The easy thing would be to just put on a trim tab, but I just reskinned the rudder and the thought of drilling new holes into it depresses me. Besides, I just don't like them (ugly). Has anybody tried offsetting the vertical stab? A forum search shows some of the -6 and -4 guys did it, but not sure if anyone has tried it on an -8.
Thanks!
DEM