Jabiru J450 Constructors Manual
Testing>Rigging check
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
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Testing>Rigging check
Objectives of this task:
To perform a final check of all control surface deflections and make any adjustments that may
be required prior to the first flight.
Each control surface has had its deflections set as part of the appropriate fitting task, so this
final check is just to verify that nothing was missed during assembly.
Materials required:
Deflection templates for all control surfaces
Straightedge 1 metre long
Rudder
Check the rudder travel
Tape the rudder template over the rear of the empennage.
Place a saw stool under the front of the fuselage to lift the
nose wheel off the ground and then adjust the rudder
cable length so that the rudder sits on the centre mark
with the rudder pedals centred and all level.
Use the rudder pedal adjustment set screws (shown
arrowed at right) if required to adjust the rudder travel so
that the rudder deflects to each full travel mark as shown
in the photos above and mark each with
TorqueSeal
.
Flaps
Hold a straightedge under the wing and flap with a gap
equal to 2 mixing sticks at the rear of the wing and touching at the front and back, all as
shown in the photo below. Adjust the flap pushrods if required until all 3 positions are
touching on each wing. Tighten the pushrod locknuts and mark each with
TorqueSeal
.
Rudder pedal adjustment detail
Gap equal to 2
mixing sticks here
Touching
here
Touching
here