Thanks, Sid, good heads up for the rest of us. I like your throttle setup, I'm going to try to copy it, Larry Bell
On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 5:57 PM, Sid Wood <smwood at md.metrocast.net> wrote: > On the first flight, 3/23/13, moments after lift off, the elevator trim > jumped to Full Nose Up. Trim control in the cockpit was non-responsive. I > had to hold firm forward pressure on the stick to maintain level flight > with the stick position about neutral. The bounced landing bent the nose > strut. > Investigation after the flight revealed the epoxy seal on the sheath of > the Nyrod trim tab rod had broken. The Nyrod center rod and the sheath > were not damaged. The break is at the entrance to the horizontal > stabilizer leading edge inside the fuselage. This allowed the sheath to > move resulting in the trim tab moving to the Full Nose Up position. The > fix is to secure the Nyrod sheath. This is the same practical installation > requirements for any Bowden cable. > NV aero is shipping a new nose strut. > Here are some pictures from my website showing the Trim Control in the > cockpit at Full Nose Down, the Elevator Trim Tab at Full Nose Up, and the > broken Nyrod sheath anchor area: > > http://websites.expercraft.**com/sidwood/index.php?q=log_** > entry&log_id=71577<http://websites.expercraft.com/sidwood/index.php?q=log_entry&log_id=71577> > > Sid Wood > Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 > Mechanicsville, MD, USA > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > http://tugantek.com/**archmailv2-kr/search<http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search> > . > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see > http://list.krnet.org/mailman/**listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org<http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org>to > change options >
