aileron cables

[robbie]

How tight is tight and how loose is loose
Re rigged the cables because they were to tight.
AP said OK rig them a little loose, great Cub guy but have not worked on T-crafts much.
At the present time if you pull the cables that run up along the door post
you can pull them out about 1 inch.
He thinks it might be a little loose.
My question is the next time you guys and gals fly, would check them for me and let me know how much yours got.
The plane is flying great and hands off.I hate to mess with them again if I
don't have too.

[Robert Lees]

Re: aileron cables

I rig them by letting the ailerons droop (under their own weight) by about 1/4 inch when parked. So slightly loose, if that helps.

[Ragwing nut]

Re: aileron cables

I rig them by letting the ailerons droop (under their own weight) by about 1/4 inch when parked. So slightly loose, if that helps.

They are not suppose to be loose, should have somewhere around 25lbs on them if I remeber right. I adjust ours to 1/4 low as well but are not loose.

[flyguy]

Re: aileron cables

When I first flew my -85 home (4 hours non-stop, yuk,) the ailerons fought me all the way. They were just tight enough that they wouldn't quite fair streamlined, by themselves, in flight. What a pain. Tweaked them before next flight, works fine, last a long time.

I checked this beautiful 12D at an airshow and the controls were probably 3 times that tight. I could hardly believe it. It was completely restored with everything new, but I bet it was miserable to fly. Can't imagine anyone thinking that is the way controls are supposed to be.

As a quick check I just take the cable between my finger and thumb and give it a twist, finger up, thumb down. After a few hundred times doing that you can pretty much tell if it is OK by how difficult it is to twist out of line. Or more like, how far you can twist it out of line.

There is a gauge for it. Wonder if the guys above (one was an "IA",) used one. Chuckle.
Darryl