Aircraft Operating Instructions (AOI)
Type:
CT
Series:
CTLS
LSA
Page: 7-15
AU 010 11000
Revision No. 4
Date: 29 Apr 2008
7.3.5. Ailerons
The ailerons are activated via push rods which run from the control stick through the
tunnel to the mixer in the baggage compartment behind the main frame. In the mixer
the ailerons are coupled with the flap controls as the ailerons are deflected when the
flaps are set.
Control rods run from the mixer upwards behind the main bulkhead where the
associated bell cranks on the wing root rib are activated via a torsion shaft and a
connecting rod.
The following diagram depicts the aileron controls (orange) and flap controls
(turquoise) in the fuselage with mixer and with connection to the wings.
The aileron controls have return springs which ensure more harmonic force
gradients. These springs are attached to the rear of the main bulkhead and engage
in the mixer.
7.3.6. Aileron
trim
Aileron trim is activated by a trim wheel in the middle of the tunnel between the pilot
and co-pilot. By turning the trim wheel to the right, the aircraft will bank to the right -
by turning it to the left, the aircraft will bank to the left. Aileron trim influences the
return springs in the aileron controls. Due to trim kinematics, it is usual that trimming
in one direction is tauter than in the other direction as it changes the tension of one of
the two springs.