Something Odd?(EICAS stab pos.)

[Guest]

Thanks, Ian.The 763 chart looks like the inboard aileron retracts back to 5^ at flaps 30^. Is this to maintain (down) aileron authority at low speeds in the -300?

[Guest Stratus_Fractus]

Ian,You always impress me with your techie stuff. ;-) :-)

[Ray Proudfoot]

Jase,The digital readout is in a gauge which was distributed to beta testers for the FS2002 patch. I know because I was one of them and I still have that readout visible. It does come in handy for precise elevator trim setting even if it shouldn't really be there.I can only think that because I've never run the commercial release of the FS2K2 patch I have kept the original gauge.I hope that clarifies things.Cheers,

[Guest Ian_Riddell]

>The 763 chart looks like the inboard aileron retracts back >to 5^ at flaps 30^. Is this to maintain (down) aileron >authority at low speeds in the -300? Unfortunately, Dennis, no reason was given for this in my training notes, but this sounds as good as any :-)The yoke has to be turned at a greater angle to get the aileron fully up when the ailerons are drooped.Here's a graph showing what happens.http://members.ozemail.com.au/~b744er/767/...ronMovement.gifThe dashed line shows what happens to the ailerons with a droop angle of 10 degrees.At the time, I didn't realise the significance of the photo of the EICAS display. This clearly shows that the flaps have been extended: With hydraulics on, the inboard ailerons should be in the neutral position (without the flaps extended), but here they seem to be both shown at 10degrees.I think we all learned something today :-) (or remembered something we learned previously!)Cheers.Ian.