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Q about elevator balance
I removed the elevator from the horizontal stab the other day for an
inspection of the pivot pins/bushes. The elevator has got a bunch of weights attached to it, extending forward of the pivot location. 1. This is a humble question: does the elevator weight have a purpose other than balance? Does it have any connection with flutter, or is flutter more a function of excessive control mechanism backlash combined with velocity? 2. For a serialized production glider, is the control surface balance weight amount the same for each glider, or is it tuned for each individual surface, making surfaces non-interchangeable between gliders? I'm just trying to learn something on the topics of balance & flutter. Ken LAK-12 |
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