How much straight is straight enough

Wladimir Kummer de Paula wladimir_kummer at ig.com.br
Sun Jan 23 08:48:59 AKST 2005


Got it fixed, now just less than 0.1mm sagging. Hope it stay that way...


Jerry Budd escreveu:

> If it shows up in a wing panel as pure bow with no twist, you might 
> have a slight asymmetric dihedral effect, i.e. the roll couple due to 
> sideslip being markedly different from left to right.  I had a Summit 
> 2 in the late  80's that had a slight bow (but no twist) in one wing 
> panel that showed this characteristic in flight.
>
> If it shows up in twist, you will almost certainly notice it, same as 
> a warped wing.
>
> I'd find a way to fix it.
>
> Jerry
>
>> This is only .008" to .020" sag. Will it make a difference anyone would
>> notice in flight ?
>> Xavier
>
>

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