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Old 09-25-2011 | 08:34 AM
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Default RE: Roll axis trim changes with airspeed change.

If this plane rolls to the right with increasing airspeed and one wing is heavy, its the left wing. Look at it like this, at zero airspeed there is a left rolling moment caused by the heavy left wing. At a given airspeed you trim for level flight and the ailerons are producing a right roll moment. Now increase the airspeed and the out of balance moment stays the same but the aileron induced moment increases causing a right roll.

Get some automotive stick on wheel balance weights and put a couple of ounces on the right tip, fly and retrim and tell us what happens.

Malcolm