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Old 19th Mar 2006, 05:39
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jetrat
 
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by the way,

when i flew it the last time, noticed that there the ailerons were not flush with the wing when the trim was at zero. then found that it required up to 1.3-1.4 units of left trim to get it as close to flush as visually possible.

suspect that may have some sort of link to the feel situation, with some trial and error after a total of 4 sectors, did find that it somehow contributed perhaps, by the flight spoilers getting activated when it was not supposed to, causing sluggishness, and not activating when it was supposed to in the other direction, causing the apparent "stiff" feel that was reported as well.

tried leaving the trim at 1.3 to replace the zero datum, and found significant improvement in the aileron control feel. later confirmed on the ground that there was a difference in control column deflection to activate the flight spoilers in opposing directions.(when trims set at 0;which meant actual aileron position wasn't flush)

i now suspect that all this mess could have been caused purely by the "error" between the zero aileron trim setting, and the actual position of the ailerons.
could this scenario happen?

anyone?
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