Trike Wing tuning guide
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:56 pm
I would love assistance here to make a defacto post for all wing types...
I have an Aeros wing (14.9m2) and it is pulling to the right - ie the trike keeps veering right.
I got the manual from aeros but the tuning logic is a bit dim to me. I have leading edge "tips" that can be rotated, left most tip is in the rotated down position.
I have rotated the right one up a notch to the middle position (of 3). It seems better but after flying 150hrs I am just toooo n00b to feel a difference. I think it feels better but it still veers to the right. Am I on the right track?
My thinking - the washout is for stabilisation - and this is what you adjust by changing the "tip" leading edge. By adjusting the right up should cause more lift on the right because it forces the air to flow faster over the top than over the bottom.
There is another setting - to tighten the leading edge on both sides - but do tighten it or slacken it? The logic there totally eludes me.
I have an Aeros wing (14.9m2) and it is pulling to the right - ie the trike keeps veering right.
I got the manual from aeros but the tuning logic is a bit dim to me. I have leading edge "tips" that can be rotated, left most tip is in the rotated down position.
I have rotated the right one up a notch to the middle position (of 3). It seems better but after flying 150hrs I am just toooo n00b to feel a difference. I think it feels better but it still veers to the right. Am I on the right track?
My thinking - the washout is for stabilisation - and this is what you adjust by changing the "tip" leading edge. By adjusting the right up should cause more lift on the right because it forces the air to flow faster over the top than over the bottom.
There is another setting - to tighten the leading edge on both sides - but do tighten it or slacken it? The logic there totally eludes me.