Piper Cherokee Six - Stabilator Rigging Tool

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Figure
5-6.
Stabilator
Rigging
Tool
5-15.
RIGGING
AND
ADJUSTMENT
OF
STABILATOR
CONTROLS.
a.
To
check
and
set
the
correct
degree
of
stabilator
travel,
the
following
procedure
may
be
used:
1.
Level
the
airplane.
(Refer
to
Leveling,
Section
II.)
2.
Place
the
stabilator
in
neutral
position.
Neutral
position
is
obtained
when
a level
placed
on
stabilator
rigging
tool
(Figure
5-6)
indicates
that
stabilator
is
parallel
with
leveling
holes
noted
in
Figure
2-6.
3.
Check
the
stabilator
travel
by
placing
a
rigging
tool
on
the
upper
surface
of
the
stabilator
as
shown
in
Figure
5-6.
(This
tool
may
be
fabricated
from
dimensions
given
in
Figure
5-20.)
4.
Set
on
a
bubble
protractor
the
number
of
degree
up
travel
as
given
in
Table
V-I
and
place
it
on
the
rigging
tool.
Raise
the
trailing
edge
of
the
stabilator
and
determine
that
when
the
stabilator
contacts
its
stops,
the
bubble
of
the
protractor
is centered.
NOTE
The
stabilator
should
contact
both
of
its
stops
before
the
control
wheel
contacts
its
stop.
5.
Set
on
the
protractor
the
number
of
degrees
down
travel
as
given
in
Table
V-I
and
again
place
it
on
the
rigging
tool.
Lower
the
trailing
edge
of
the
stabilator
and
determine
that
when
it
contacts
its
stops,
the
bubble
of
the
protractor
is
centered.
6.
Should
the
stabilator
travel
be
incorrect
in
either
the
up
or
down
position,
remove
the
tail
cone
by
removing
the
attachment
screws
and
with
the
use
of
the
rigging
tool
and
bubble
protractor
turn
the
stops
located
at
each
stabilator
hinge
in
or
out
(refer
to
Figure
5-13)
to obtain
the
correct
degree
of
travel.
7.
Ascertain
that
the
locknuts
of
the
stop
screws
are
secure
and
then
reinstall
the
tail
cone.
b.
To
check
and
set
stabilator
control
cable
tension,
the
following
procedure
may
be
used:
1.
Ascertain
that
the
stabilator
travel
is
correct.
2.
Remove
the
access
panel
to
the
aft
section
of
the
fuselage.
3.
Secure
the
control
column
in
the
near
forward
position.
Allow
one-quarter
inch
between
the column
and
the
stop
bumper.
SURFACE
CONTROLS
Revised:
6/18/76
PIPER
CHEROKEE
SIX
SERVICE
MANUAL
1H9