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Building techniques / Re: Control throw measurement.
« Last post by Brett Buck on Today at 02:25:21 PM »Measuring full travel can be deceptive if the bellcrank goes farther in one direction than the other.
Exactly! Full travel means more-or-less nothing, as long as it is sufficient. What matters is the relative rate of each surface WRT the other (e.g. the flap moves 21 degrees down and the elevator went 24 degrees up), and the absolute rate WRT the leadout movement (e.g. the flap went 21 degrees with 2" of leadout movement). You want to measure at a variety of up or down leadout movements and make sure the rate of movement is the same both ways, the rate of flap to elevator movement is the same both ways, and the flap to elevator ratio is what you expected
Brett