Chippster1
Active Member
Hello all you pilots out in VAF land.
I have an RV-10 which I bought about 5 years ago and have been battling this problem for about 3 years. Sometimes I have to put a lot of right foot in to keep the ball centered and sometimes I don?t. It has been such a mystery. I have had several good people look at the plane, including Vic Syracuse of Baseleg aviation.
Vic had found an asymmetry of the fiberglass fairing on the top of the vert stab, so we replaced it and the plane was better for a while. Then I noticed it warped again so I removed it and bonded a brace inside the fiberglass to hold it?s shape.
The problem seems to be creeping in again, but the top fairing is holding it?s shape well. The wheel and gear leg fairings also look straight and parallel
Any aerodynamicists want to lend me their 2 cents?
I?m all ears
Ted Chipps
N498EC
I have an RV-10 which I bought about 5 years ago and have been battling this problem for about 3 years. Sometimes I have to put a lot of right foot in to keep the ball centered and sometimes I don?t. It has been such a mystery. I have had several good people look at the plane, including Vic Syracuse of Baseleg aviation.
Vic had found an asymmetry of the fiberglass fairing on the top of the vert stab, so we replaced it and the plane was better for a while. Then I noticed it warped again so I removed it and bonded a brace inside the fiberglass to hold it?s shape.
The problem seems to be creeping in again, but the top fairing is holding it?s shape well. The wheel and gear leg fairings also look straight and parallel
Any aerodynamicists want to lend me their 2 cents?
I?m all ears
Ted Chipps
N498EC