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17 Oct 2026 11:54 - 17 Oct 2026 12:07 #1 by Jordan Becquer
right turn tendency was created by Jordan Becquer
I've been having this ongoing "issue" with my Ercoupe since I bought it about a year ago. Recently just completed an annual where the A&P went through the service manual procedures for ailerons and the nosewheel and we still have the same result. 

Basically, I have a right turn tendency. I have to keep a little bit of left pressure on the yoke to keep us wings-level. However, if I hold the yoke exactly straight I am in a slight left turn. And when I let go, the yoke centers itself slightly crooked and we go into a right turn. Nothing extreme, but enough.
The service manual also has a recommendation for bending the trailing edge of the aileron as a means to trim out "wing heaviness", but this does not feel like strictly an aileron issue to me. Although I could be wrong. My A&P are I at are a loss, does anyone here have any ideas?

A video is worth a thousand words... 


Here is a second video where I focus more on the yoke itself
Last edit: 17 Oct 2026 12:07 by Jordan Becquer.

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