Partner and Lazulite elevators

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Earl, was the new stab larger, smaller or same as the stock  stabilizer.
 
MattK
 
 
In a message dated 11/10/2004 10:12:13 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
ehaury at houston.rr.com writes:

Tom
 
I've flown the Partner with both the stock  elevators and elevators similar 
in size to the Smaragd. I initially found the  Partner too pitch sensitive 
around neutral for my taste, even after moving the  CG to the front of the wing 
tube socket. (The correct location according to  Quique, and trimming 
exercises.) A friend flies a Smaragd and felt that the  elevator was much softer around 
neutral, so I built another set of stabs with  the larger elevators (hinge 
line moved forward). This is one of those  counterintuitive things. I prefer the 
feel of the larger elevators around  neutral and find no degradation of snaps. 
There is a slight improvement in  spin entry. 
 
Another reason some have used larger elevators is  that moving the hinge line 
forward allows the control horns to be closer to  the fuselage, which is 
desirable when using pull-pull cables for linkage (I  don't).
 
Earl

----- Original Message ----- 
From:  _Koenig, Tom_ (mailto:Tom.Koenig at actewagl.com.au)  
To: _Discussion_ (mailto:discussion at nsrca.org)  
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 9:44  PM
Subject: Partner and Lazulite  elevators


Hi again all,  
Owners of the Pl Partner and Lazulites, I  would like your thoughts.  
Before I finish the stabs and elevators, I am  somewhat concerned at the very 
small elevators found on these models. I've  seen one Partner fly and the 
owner suggested to DEFINATELY enlarge the  elevators. I tend to agree...but who 
am I to argue with Quique and the  Matt's design philosophy. 
If the consensus is to make them bigger, then  I will, as sofar I'm not 
comfortable with their current size.  
Thanks for any ideas.  
best regards  
Tom  
PS: If any of you have been cruising on any  Aussie sites recently....the guy 
who just had his behind kicked at our State  champs and W/C team trials...was 
NOT me ( he just happens to look like me,  have the same name and job, seems 
to be married to the same woman....OK.....  OK it was me, I admit it !) 
Shall we just say I had a shocker of a weekend  ? 



 
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