[NSRCA-discussion] How much rudder do you really use?

[vicenterc at comcast.net]

Anthony,

I usually finish with about30 degrees max travel in rudder.  I could be wrong.  The only problem is to do tight turns on ground.  I just take the whole runway.  I am flying Masters.

Vicente "Vince"  Bortone

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Verne Koester" <verne at twmi.rr.com> 

> Anthony, 
> If you bevel both the leading edge of the rudder and the trailing edge of 
> the fin, it's quite easy to get a full 45 degrees of throw without forcing 
> your rudder horn so far back because of the angle you had to sand in the 
> rudder. You'll only have to sand half the angle into the rudder as you do 
> when the fin post is left flat. I've done this on my last 4 or 5 planes for 
> that exact reason. Hope this helps. 
> 
> Verne 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Anthony Romano" 
> To: 
> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 6:23 PM 
> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] How much rudder do you really use? 
> 
> 
> > Hinging my control surfaces and struggling with horn offsets and the 
> > hingeline. This is complicated by trying to decide the angle to bevel the 
> > surfaces to. Is 30 degrees enough rudder? Can't say I have every used more 
> > even for spins. 
> > 
> > Anthony 
> > 
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