Ok, you know the drill, I type too much, so I'm just gonna start a thread of all my thousands of questions about living with a new-to-me Charger.
Let's start with wire tension.
Ignoring the wing wires for the moment, I noticed that the tail wires are pretty loose and floppy, compared to the Champ. Ed doesn't mention anything about rigging tension, other than going for a "deep tone" on the wing wires (with no mention at all of the tail wires). The Champ wires have a nice tone to them, at a guess somewhere around the G string on the cello, where the Charger wires are well below the range of the lowest string on a bass. Is it reasonable to compare the two planes like this, or are they completely different beasts?
I don't know if these wires are vibrating in flight or not, I haven't rigged a mirror or a camera to look at them, and can't turn far enough around to look when I'm flying. They seem too loose, but they also wouldn't have changed with changing humidity, unlike the wing wires.
Closely related, anyone know knowledgable folks in the Seattle area who might be willing to watch over my shoulder as I mess with rigging? I can probably find people through my EAA chapter, but figured I'd ask here as well.
Let's start with wire tension.
Ignoring the wing wires for the moment, I noticed that the tail wires are pretty loose and floppy, compared to the Champ. Ed doesn't mention anything about rigging tension, other than going for a "deep tone" on the wing wires (with no mention at all of the tail wires). The Champ wires have a nice tone to them, at a guess somewhere around the G string on the cello, where the Charger wires are well below the range of the lowest string on a bass. Is it reasonable to compare the two planes like this, or are they completely different beasts?
I don't know if these wires are vibrating in flight or not, I haven't rigged a mirror or a camera to look at them, and can't turn far enough around to look when I'm flying. They seem too loose, but they also wouldn't have changed with changing humidity, unlike the wing wires.
Closely related, anyone know knowledgable folks in the Seattle area who might be willing to watch over my shoulder as I mess with rigging? I can probably find people through my EAA chapter, but figured I'd ask here as well.
