I bought a 6A some time ago and need some help understanding what changes I can make to it to reduce the need for large changes in elevator trim.
On final, I can't trim out the stick force with full nose-up trim. It's manageable, but I like to trim to a stable hands-off state and I can't do that today.
For takeoff, flaps up, the airplane rotates nicely with a fair amount of nose-up trim, and I have to trim aggressively down as the airplane accelerates. This isn't a huge deal for a normal takeoff but makes the airplane a handful on a go-around.
The trim movements I need to go from 80 mph to 120 mph are significant - much more than I'd like to have to do.
What should I check? CG comes to mind - I'm guessing that the airplane has a CG that is further forward than optimum. Would forward CG cause the need to trim more than a properly balanced aircraft? I don't want to start messing with stuff without understanding the aerodynamics causing the behavior I'm seeing.
The set up: Lycoming O-360 with a Hartzell constant speed prop. Battery on the aft side of the firewall.
On final, I can't trim out the stick force with full nose-up trim. It's manageable, but I like to trim to a stable hands-off state and I can't do that today.
For takeoff, flaps up, the airplane rotates nicely with a fair amount of nose-up trim, and I have to trim aggressively down as the airplane accelerates. This isn't a huge deal for a normal takeoff but makes the airplane a handful on a go-around.
The trim movements I need to go from 80 mph to 120 mph are significant - much more than I'd like to have to do.
What should I check? CG comes to mind - I'm guessing that the airplane has a CG that is further forward than optimum. Would forward CG cause the need to trim more than a properly balanced aircraft? I don't want to start messing with stuff without understanding the aerodynamics causing the behavior I'm seeing.
The set up: Lycoming O-360 with a Hartzell constant speed prop. Battery on the aft side of the firewall.
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