Piper SARATOGA PA-32-301 Maintenance Manual page 441

PIPER AIRCRAFT
PA-32-301/301T
MAINTENANCE MANUAL
line.
4.
Adjust the trailing edge support vertically until the beam is parallel with the control surface chord
5. Remove the tool from the rudder and balance the tool itself by adding or removing nuts or washers
from the beam balancing bolt. When balancing the tool. the movable weight must be at the bar's hinge
centerline.
6.
After balancing the tool. reattach it to the rudder. Keep the beam positioned 90 from the control
surface hinge line.
7. Determine balance of rudder by sliding movable weight along the balance beam.
8. Read the scale when the bubble in the level has been centered. Since the movable weight weighs three
pounds. every inch it is moved from the center of the beam equals three inch-pounds
of force.
9.
Nose Heavy: This condition
is highly improbable:
recheck calculations and measurements.
10. Nose Light: In this case. the mass balance weight is too light or the rudder is too heavy because of
painting: it will be necessary to strip the paint and repaint. If the rudder is too heavy as a result of repairs. the
repair must be removed and the damaged parts replaced.
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Revised: August 9, 1984
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