Originally Posted by
B2N2
I disagree.
These aircraft still need to meet their original design and certification requirements.
A consistent wing drop is a sign of a crooked or incorrectly repaired or incorrectly rigged aircraft.
That should not be tolerated.
Unfortunately we’re all guilty of being too eager to fly.
I would agree with your assessment, but all damaged aircraft are not precisely rigged to meet original certification requirements. The human factor changes things.
Cessnas are much easier to rig by way of wing adjustment than Piper. They have a sort of cam mechanism that can adjust angle of incidence. As I understand it, wing rigging for the Pipers consist only in adjusting the wing flaps.
I once flew as an instructor in a Cherokee 6 that was horribly out of rig because of accident damage. The owner had bought it used and was not sophisticated enough to understand it until we flew as part of a 61.56 flight review. It was impossible to trim the ball center in that airplane.