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Old 08-27-2012 | 10:30 AM
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Default RE: trim question

It's all in the details....

Start by seeing if the wing itself is balanced along the center line. If they are plug in wings and you can't slide the joiner rod/tube/blade out then make up a temporary joiner from soemthing so you can check for span wise balance. Weigt the lighter side as required to balance.

At the same time check the wing for warps and correct them as required. Note that you want to NOT INCLUDE the movable ailerons in such a check. Offset trims in the ailerons will mask warps in the actual fixed portion. You may need to get creative with finding and building up some way to test for such warps.

If you didn't find anything to fix in these first two things than the stuff the guys are suggesting above are the next things to look at. But you want to confirm that the basics are correct, namely balanced and straight.