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This slack issue has been beet to death for years
I had a guy once insist there could be no slack at all any time because he could feel the lag difference when in a stall turn,, he insisted he could notice the micro second of lag as the line went slack then tight again .. Yes he told me he could notice the rudder not pushing the tail quickly enough,, not the rudder redirecting the wind over it, but the micro force of the rudder moving the static air..
I think there are some guys that way over think things, just about all my pull-pull systems have been crossed for easy of set up, and a little slack is no biggie
I do know some good {very GOOD} 3-D pilots that probably would be able to tell if there was a bit of slack in the lines. As a sports pilot with a little pattern training I'm not one of those people. When I'm flying a pattern plane and making small corrections I don't want any slop in my controls, I want the wire to pull, not allow the wind to do it for me. I would also like to live in a perfect world, what ever that is?? I try to keep my controls tight but if there is a little slop in them I'm sure not going to loose any sleep over it. I have planes that have a perfect pull/pull system, some kinda almost and some not so good. I'm not good enough to really feel it if I'm off a bit and all my planes fly just fine. I can only impress the guys at the field just so much, no one has ever noticed if I have a plane set up with perfect Ackerman or not.
Just an FYI, I do use my fair share of the Nyrod to run my wires through. Not always but on planes I can't get my hands into the fuse very far. I can take photos on my new planes set up, the pull/pull is crosses but I don't have a big pile of loose wire but it isn't perfect. I'm sure I won't notice it though.
