I installed a GSA 28 yaw damper in my RV-10 but there's no information in the manual for the bridle cable tension. For the first attempt, I had a helper push on both rudder cables and I tightened the cable clamps with the bridle cables pulled as tight as I could get but there was a lot of free play at the rudder afterwards when powered. For the next iteration, I disconnected one of the cables at the rudder and adjusted the clamps until I had to pull a bit to get the lug to mate at the rudder. That got the free play down to around 0.5 inches at the trailing edge but I'm worried too much tension on the cables will wear out the servo bearings. I talked to G3Xpert and they don't have a specification for bridle cable tension but suggested 15-20 lbf based on customer feedback. They also said to ensure the bridle cable isn't as tight as the main cable which isn't really possible on a slack system like the RVs have. I can loosen it a bit but there will be more free play, not sure how that would affect the YD performance in flight. Any suggestions on what did or didn't work?
-Bob
-Bob