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Old April 28th 08, 01:36 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
JJ Sinclair
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Default LS3a Airbrake question

It sounds like your spoilers aren't set correctly. They should fully
seat and then pull down on the little springs (under the spoiler cap)
about 1mm or about one dime width. You can check this by pulling up on
the spoiler cap and sliding in a dime. Do this at 4 places along the
spoiler. Then close and lock the spoiler. Now look at the closed
cap.............if it is sticking up anywhere, it did NOT pull down
the required 1mm (dime width). Adjust the linkage, probably at the
spoiler box to make the spoiler pull down more. This adjustment is
made on the rod that goes from the over-center mechanism to the
spoiler, NOT on the rod going TO the over-center mechanism.
JJ
Oh, yeah, remove the dimes from your spoiler box :)

wrote:
I have a problem with my LS3a. During flight, from 90 km/h, on both
wings the airbrakes comming out from the wings slightly (some
millimeters), a little bit higher during ircling flight, during pull-
up and at higher g-loads.
Yesterday I have tried the following during flight:
I have pulled the airbrake handle very slowly back from closed and
locked position untill to the point that I felt resistance and looked
the airbrake covercaps on the wings.
It was interesting that fulling back the airbrake handle 5-I0 mm the
airbrake covercaps went back on both wings to their good positionthe.
I think it means that the over-center (self-closing) is not correct.
Does it mean that the ocer-center is incorrect ? Is there any way to
set the over-center ?