Hi All...
Looking for a bit of input here. I recently purchased a C-175. The airplane flies quite well but has a slightly heavy left wing. I have been doing some research on this which basically states check rudder rigging, Flap Rigging, Aileron rigging and if all else fails, adjust the rear spar cam to change the angle of attack on the wing. With this in mind, i went back out to the airport to check out what i could visually inspect on the airplane. I found something that i am appalled i did not catch in pre-buy. It appears that the left wing has already been lowered to at least close to it's maximum angle of attack. So much so that a small notch was cut out of the door to clear the tank sump! It appears that the right wing is in the "nominal" position. Obviously i need to get this to my mechanic to check out. I am hoping that an incompetent mechanic went straight for the angle of attach adjustment, and the fix here is as simple as resetting both wings to nominal, re-rig control surfaces and then make minor changes to the angle of attach to fine tune. However, having just purchased the airplane, i have a tendency to be paranoid and go straight to the worst case... so the only thing i have been thinking all day is the entire left wing is screwed and will need replacement or rebuild. Anyone else experience something like this? Again- I DID have a mechanic inspect the airplane and i did my own inspection as well... cant believe this was missed. Alas, what is done is done - and now it's time to fix!
Looking for a bit of input here. I recently purchased a C-175. The airplane flies quite well but has a slightly heavy left wing. I have been doing some research on this which basically states check rudder rigging, Flap Rigging, Aileron rigging and if all else fails, adjust the rear spar cam to change the angle of attack on the wing. With this in mind, i went back out to the airport to check out what i could visually inspect on the airplane. I found something that i am appalled i did not catch in pre-buy. It appears that the left wing has already been lowered to at least close to it's maximum angle of attack. So much so that a small notch was cut out of the door to clear the tank sump! It appears that the right wing is in the "nominal" position. Obviously i need to get this to my mechanic to check out. I am hoping that an incompetent mechanic went straight for the angle of attach adjustment, and the fix here is as simple as resetting both wings to nominal, re-rig control surfaces and then make minor changes to the angle of attach to fine tune. However, having just purchased the airplane, i have a tendency to be paranoid and go straight to the worst case... so the only thing i have been thinking all day is the entire left wing is screwed and will need replacement or rebuild. Anyone else experience something like this? Again- I DID have a mechanic inspect the airplane and i did my own inspection as well... cant believe this was missed. Alas, what is done is done - and now it's time to fix!