PIPER AIRCRAFT
PA - 4 4 - 1 8 0 / 1 8 0 T
AIRPLANE MAINTENANCE MANUAL
1. MAXIMUM FREE PLAY FOR CONTROL SURFACE TAB IS 0.15 OF AN
INCH MEASURED AT TAB TRAILING EDGE.
2. REFER TO CHAPTER 55.
3. NEUTRAL POSITION OF STABILATOR IS WITH THE STABILATOR
CHORD LINE PARALLEL WITH THE FRONT SEAT TRACKS.
Figure 27-19. Stabilator Rigging
CABLE TENSION (SEE NOTE)
STABILATOR
STABILATOR TRIM TAB
CABLE TENSION APPLIES ONLY TO AIRPLANES
WITHOUT AUTOPILOT BRIDLE CABLES ATTACHED.
REFER TO APPROPRIATE AUTOPILOT SERVICE
MANUAL FOR CABLE TENSION WHEN ATTACHING
BRIDLE CABLES.
STABILATOR
STABILATOR TRIM TAB
NOTES
1L11
X40 LBS. ± 5 LBS.
14 LBS. ± 1 LB.
NOTE
STABILATOR TRAVELS
A = 15° ± 1° UP
B = 3° ± 1° DOWN
STABILATOR TAB TRAVELS
C = 4° ± 1° UP
D = 9° ± 1° DOWN
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Revised: June 20, 1995