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Old April 15th 09, 07:17 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
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Default NTSB urges grounding of all Zodiac CH-601XL's

Brian Whatcott wrote:
150flivver wrote:
On Apr 14, 8:36 pm, Brian Whatcott wrote:
wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/14/nts...ane/index.html
Designed by Zenair.
Just saw it on CNN.
Karl
Ouch! Control flutter and reduced sick force per G at high g

Well, this is homebuilders heaven - so I suppose we could use a
reminder that balancing control surfaces, specially tail feathers,
can help stop the onset of flutter, that loose control wires
and rods can encourage.....

Brian W


How do you balance ailerons that aren't hinged?



You've got me: how DO the ailerons work on a CH-601XL?

Brian W


Go here and scroll about half way done the page.

But as I mentioned most if not all the accident aircraft had regular
hinges.