Cessna 182 1978 - Control Surface Balance Requirements

MODEL 182 & T182 SERIES SERVICE MANUAL
CONTROL SURFACE
BALANCE REQUIREMENTS
NOTE
Balance limits for control
surfaces are expressed
for
"Approved
Flight" configuration.
"Approved Flight"
configuration
is that condition of the
control surface as
prepared
for flight of the airplane
whether it be painted
or
unpainted.
"Approved
Flight" limits must
never be exceeded when
the surface is in its final configuration for flight.
DEFINITIONS:
UNDERBALANCE is defined as the
condition that exists when surface
is trailing edge
heavy and is defined by a symbol
(+). If the balance beam sliding weight
must be on the
leading edge side of
the hinge line (to balance the control
surface), the control surface is
considered to be underbalanced.
OVERBALANCE is
defined as the condition that exists
when surface is leading edge
heavy and
is defined by a symbol
(-). If the balance
beam sliding
weight must be on
the
trailing edge side of the hinge line (to balance the control surface), the control surface is
considered
to be overbalanced.
Figure
18-3. Control
Surface
Balancing
(Sheet 5 of
6)
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