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Re: Revmaster to o-200 conversion

John Hartley
 

Gentlemen,

Thanks for the input. I guess I knew the right answer before I asked the question but was hoping there was something I was overlooking - t-tail or something else.

Are there any tricks to removing the canard? Just a saws-all and some guts? What is the appropriate angle I should look for when I remount this sweetheart?

John



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From: "Jerry Marstall jerrylm1986@... [Q-LIST]" <Q-LIST@...>
Date: 08/22/2015 1:46 PM (GMT-05:00)
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Subject: Re: [Q-LIST] RE: Revmaster to o-200 conversion

 

It sounds one you want the elevator to deflect down more.  Be careful loading the sparrow strainer more.   I lost the left one in flight and there was enough slop in my dual stick linkage that it flipped me inverted forward/left.  The airfoil supports sheared at the trailing edge of the elevator. The sparrow support arms may not be strong enough to take the excess strain.   Some one out there knows why it is tucking (Jay).  Jerry


On Sat, Aug 22, 2015, 10:10 AM JMasal@... [Q-LIST] <Q-LIST@...> wrote:
 

Bite the bullet.Do what already works (incidence). Dont try to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear... or re-engineer.


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Update:
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While I've the plane torn down again, I'm going to tackle some of the things that've bugged me for a while. On one of which, I'd appreciate some input. At high speeds, the nose tucks down; the faster the speed, the more the tuck. At 170mph, it's an uncomfortable amount. At 200mph, it's as much as I'm willing to put up with. The thought of removing the canard to increase the incidence (it's the LS1 and was originally installed with 0°) is uncomforting but not insurmountable. I'm thinking that the other approaches would be to increase the size of the sparrow strainers or install the t-tail.
Thoughts?

John
Tri-Q:114 hours
Tri-Q200: 16 hours
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