PA-28-140 Rudder Trim
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PA-28-140 Rudder Trim
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I was looking for some information about the rudder trim in the Piper PA-28-140 aircraft.
The rudder (with the pedals) can be moved 27 degrees to the right and 27 degrees to the left.
Do you know how many degrees can you move the rudder to the left and to the right using the rudder trim.
I think the PA-28-140 doesnīt have a rudder trim tab. With the rudder trim, you move all the rudder.
I didnīt find this information in my manual.
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I was looking for some information about the rudder trim in the Piper PA-28-140 aircraft.
The rudder (with the pedals) can be moved 27 degrees to the right and 27 degrees to the left.
Do you know how many degrees can you move the rudder to the left and to the right using the rudder trim.
I think the PA-28-140 doesnīt have a rudder trim tab. With the rudder trim, you move all the rudder.
I didnīt find this information in my manual.
Thanks!
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Its difficult to use and in a pig of a place to get too. I think its actually uses bungies to fiddle with the rudder peddles rather than using a tab (there is s a ixed one on the tail, fiddle with this at your peril).
Its only useful for log straight legs with a crosswind, other wise don't bother.
Its only useful for log straight legs with a crosswind, other wise don't bother.
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Yes, I thought the same.
I think itīs not very effective. During cruise I moved the rudder trim control wheel to the right and I didnīt notice any change.
But, during the flare at a speed near the stall, I noticed a nose tendency to the right. The wind was blowing from the left. So, I think that maybe it could be effective at slow speeds...? It doesnīt make sense aerodynamically...
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I think itīs not very effective. During cruise I moved the rudder trim control wheel to the right and I didnīt notice any change.
But, during the flare at a speed near the stall, I noticed a nose tendency to the right. The wind was blowing from the left. So, I think that maybe it could be effective at slow speeds...? It doesnīt make sense aerodynamically...
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Its only useful for log straight legs with a crosswind, other wise don't bother.
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Ok maybe i should have explained, the PA28 i rent normally is a bit bent and requires a certain amount of input to fly level in the cruise, a port or wind exacerbates the problem espcially when its close to 90 deg
If you trim the nose and let go of the controls it will slowly turn right.
If you trim the nose and let go of the controls it will slowly turn right.
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The PA28 is actually a spring whose effective force is controlled by a knob turning a screw thread, allowing the spring to expand or causing it to compress. One end is attached to the aircraft structure, the other end is attached to the right rudder torque tube.
There is no fixed tab on the PA28 rudder.
There is no fixed tab on the PA28 rudder.
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I heard it was bungies' but the same principle.
Why atached only to the right rudder torque tube, can you explain.
I think its actually uses bungies to fiddle with the rudder peddles rather than using a tab (there is s a ixed one on the tail, fiddle with this at your peril).
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The rudder trim must work, because everyone in my flight school seems to trim for the climb and then must fly out of balance for the remainder of the flight!! I always seem to need to fix this.
It isn't overly effective but i think its just to allow enough to keep in balance during cruise. Not like it has to be capable of trimming for asymmetric flight!
It isn't overly effective but i think its just to allow enough to keep in balance during cruise. Not like it has to be capable of trimming for asymmetric flight!
FlyingKiwi - if the ailerons are rigged right and the aircraft tends to turn to one side, the recommended solution (by Piper) is to have the flap lowered slightly (by operating rod adjustment) to bring the wing back up. Might be worth chatting to the AMO the next time the aircraft's in on check.
Sorry about the slight drift.
The rudder trim really is a poor design on the PA28; the rigging also affects nosewheel steering if my memory serves right.
Sorry about the slight drift.
The rudder trim really is a poor design on the PA28; the rigging also affects nosewheel steering if my memory serves right.
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It is not a "mod". Sometimes if one flap is slightly out of adjustment then you will get a rolling tendancy one way or the other...Our plane is currently like that so we asked our maintenance outfit to check and they found one flap slightly lower than the other when flaps are up. This is being adjusted at the annual in March.
I've not flown the -140, but in the -161 I used to go touring in, it was a spring device, and in long legs, yes it worked fine. The indicator however is fairly useless, so I'd work the rule of whoever last flew it, must have had it roughly in balance, then trim it by feel and the slip ball once established in the cruise.
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Agree it doesn't do much, but if you wind on a decent amount it's useful. Like someone else above I tend to find ours has been left too far to the right after someone doing circuits.
I do trim it as part of my general cleaning up/sorting routine on long cruise legs, along with trying to lean a bit more scientifically, to get best performance. (And also on long climbs, if I'm heading for what we here call the stratosphere, i.e. anything above FL40!)
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I do trim it as part of my general cleaning up/sorting routine on long cruise legs, along with trying to lean a bit more scientifically, to get best performance. (And also on long climbs, if I'm heading for what we here call the stratosphere, i.e. anything above FL40!)
Tim