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problem keeping ball centered at higher spreed
anyone have any problems keeping the ball centered at speedsbove 80 mph? my 750 trims out fine until i increase speed then ball is difficult to keep centered. checked all the cable and tension, and alignment. help please.
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Permalink Reply by John Austin on
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Initially the ball was a little off-center on my 750 and I found it took a slight, constant right pedal pressure to correct. Since the nosegear is interconnected to the rudder and sits in the bearing notch in cruise, it tends to hold the rudder position neutral. I used that to my advantage by tensioning the right rudder cable a turn or two and loosening the left rudder cable a similar amount. Thus, the overall tension was unchanged (low 20's as I recall), but the centering-action of the nosegear then tended to hold a very slight amount of right rudder bias and the ball was centered.
John
N750A
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