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Hi list. I had flutter all last flying season. It started occasionally and got worse over time. It's like Ed describes it. The immediate remedy is intuitive. You start steering and the flutter disappears. My flutter started at speeds above 110 MPH. I knew it's the play in the controls. I just did not know where exactly. Now, after pulling the wings for the Center section inspection (yes, we found corrosion), I found ALL!!!! elements of the right aileron control worn. I replaced all rod ends and also the expensive bearings in the outer aileron bellcrank. In case I ever get the plane back into flying condition I will see if the flutter is gone. But I am pretty sure of it. By the way. I had the flutter at almost all of my last flights and got pretty much used to the annoying washboard feeling. I had time to experiment a bit and can assure that the wing does not fall off the moment you're experiencing it , nor does the aileron. So no panic, do some gentle turns and slow down. That's all to be out of it. Hartmut Ed Burkhead wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > JMILLBYZ asked: > > > anyone ever experienced aileron flutter? > > Yep.I did once when I was doing a gentle dive to approach Vne.About > 135 or a little bit more, it felt like I had hit a washboard road.I > figured it out in only about one second and immediately started a > series of left/right turns to load the ailerons and the flutter > immediately stopped. > > A number of people have told me I was very lucky I didnít have the > aileron separate from the plane.This is true.I canít tell you how I > figured it out and did the correct thing so quickly ? maybe I had > pre-loaded the solution in the back of my mind. > > Upon arrival home, we found there was way too much play in the aileron > system.We tightened it up with washers and when I had a chance ($), I > replaced all the rod ends.Come to find out the rod ends arenít that > expensive and I should have replaced them much sooner. > > Ed Burkhead > > http://edburkhead.com/ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 4:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] flutter > > anyone ever experienced aileron flutter? > > ========================================================================== ==== > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > > > ========================================================================== ==== > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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