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klaus(at)utdallas.edu
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:25 am Post subject: First flight of N316JL

Hi Jerry,



Congratulations!! 



Left wing heavy: When you look out of the cockpit onto the left

wing, how far down must the aileron be relative to the trailing

edge, for wings level? This can be measured twice, once in level

flight, say at cruise speed, and once with engine at idle rpm and

best glide. 



The test will give an idea of the effect of engine torque, and

also will tell how much is caused by the uneven weight distribution with

pilot in left seat. You could compare this with the numbers by other HDS builders.

I have not looked at this recently for my plane, but would guess that

for cruise, the left aileron is down 1 to 1 1/2 inches, and in glide about

half of that. 



Best wishes,



Klaus 



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mtherr(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:52 am Post subject: First flight of N316JL

Congragulation Jerry!  



It seems that many builders had this left wing issue.  In my case, I made a new rear spar attachment plate to move the hole somewhat and change the incidence of the wing.  



Michel

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Michel Therrien CH601-HD, C-GZGQ

  http://mthobby.pcperfect.com/ch601

  http://pages.infinit.net/mthobby

--- On Sat, 7/10/10, Jerry <jlatimer1(at)cox.net> wrote:



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		   From: Jerry <jlatimer1(at)cox.net>

 Subject: First flight of N316JL

 To: zenith-list(at)matronics.com

 Received: Saturday, July 10, 2010, 11:48 AM

 

 Jerry <jlatimer1(at)cox.net>

 

 N316JL (CH601HDS w/912ULS) took to the air this morning. 

 She made one exciting trip around the circuit.  Ran out of

 aileron trim trying trim out a left turning tendency.  Had

 fumes in the cockpit from what appeared to be oil.  Oil

 temps and pressure were good.  After landing inspection

 showed no oil leaks.  Must be the new burning off the

 exhaust system.  Landing was uneventful, actually one of

 the best I’ve made.  This was probably due to the amount

 of concentration I was giving to the flight at the time.

                 

 Thanks to Don Honabach letting me have some stick time in

 HDS a week ago.  Without this time the flight could have

 been a lot more exciting.

                 

 This has been a 10 year 10 month adventure from the rudder

 the workshop to the first flight.  I’m still flying

 high.  Now to start working on the new punch list of

 things to do.

 

 Jerry

 

 

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