Corked nose wheel - the return

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 7:38 pm

Antoine wrote:Help please. When the plane needs left rudder to fly coordinated, how do you bend the trim tab to correct it?

To the right as you stand behind the plane looking forward.

Antoine · Post by **Antoine** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 7:45 pm

Wow great! Thanks Tommy, this was the answer I was hoping for.

My trim tab is presently bent to the left, so I will simply remove it and see what happens. It would be fantastic if I could do away with it altogether! Another .01 knot?

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 7:49 pm

Antoine wrote:Wow great! Thanks Tommy, this was the answer I was hoping for.

My trim tab is presently bent to the left, so I will simply remove it and see what happens. It would be fantastic if I could do away with it altogether! Another .01 knot?

I removed the trim tabs from my plane. I don't need them.

Antoine · Post by **Antoine** » Thu Jan 02, 2014 7:57 pm

Interesting!

Antoine · Post by **Antoine** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:46 pm

Rudder trim tab and nose wheel fairing were made for each other - remove both and it flies coordinated.

Tim M · Post by **Tim M** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 8:55 pm

Antoine wrote:Rudder trim tab and nose wheel fairing were made for each other - remove both and it flies coordinated.

C'est vrai?! This would be fantastic news if true for all of our airplanes. We did not remove our nosewheel pant because we did not want to start experimenting with the rudder tab.

Antoine · Post by **Antoine** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 5:42 am

Actually Tim this may or may not be true. I am sorry but there's no way to find out other than...

Tim M · Post by **Tim M** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 5:58 pm

I flew four legs this past week and on two it flew trimmed but the other two were full deflection left on the slip indicator. It is also interesting to note that it was in trim during climb but it slipped as I leveled off and then stayed there.

Antoine · Post by **Antoine** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 10:19 pm

Were these uncoordinated flights without the NLG fairing and trim tab?
If yes, it is really confusing as I must have at least 15 flights since removing both and everything perfect.

Tim M · Post by **Tim M** » Tue Apr 22, 2014 11:30 pm

We haven't yet removed the fairing. We have decided today to remove it this week.

It is encouraging to hear that yours is behaving well without it. I'll report our experience after a few weeks.

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