I once worked on an Alon that apparently had been flying for several years with a portion of the static air tubing restricting elevator movement. "Free and Correct" is a litany that is easy to be a little complacent on: Free means free in FULL travel, and of course correct in direction of travel. Interesting that someone mislocated your battery box- I wonder if yours is unique in that respect. Thanks for the post- it's now the first entry in my "owner squawk" file... This will evolve into a searchable file that I hope can be used thusly: "I'm looking in here, (say, under the panel). Now, let's take a look at everything that's ever gone wrong in that general location (keyword search)". I also intend to index the squawk collection by general location and systems. Thanks for the input, Artie -----Original Message----- From: Art Langston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, January 21, 1999 12:57 AM Subject: Thanks Rob!
>This is going to be just wonderful, Bob! Thanks so much for doing this. > >The only experience that comes to mind is that when I first got my coupe, I >found the right aileron control rod was hitting the battery box when the >yoke was turned to the very extreme right. The box didn't appear to have >been moved very far from it's original position. I would have taken a very >long time to damage the rod, but it was certainly a very bad thing to have >happening. You may never see this, but I might suggest the first time you >do an annual for a new customer, you might check all the cables and linkage >for anything strange that may be the result of a "restoration". Because of >the linked aileron/nosegear steering, it is difficult for the pilot to >check the controls as thourally as they might - you can only check your >ailerons with the airplane in motion. > >Please keep up the good work! > > >Artie Langston > >Artie Langston >Doghouse Music, Inc. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://members.socket.net/~alangston > >
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