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    Senior Member JoeRuscito's Avatar
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    Default Shake in stick when climbing

    Does anyone else notice their passenger stick vibrating when in a steep climb at full power? It goes away when I lower the nose and/or reduce power. But it vibrates fwd/aft pretty intensely when I climb out at Vx. I can feel it a little in the pilot side and if I grab the stick it of course stops. I'm sure if I flew right seat the pilot side would do the same. Is the long arm just exaggerating the prop vibrations?

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    Default Re: Shake in stick when climbing

    Joe, I about aborted on my maiden because of this! It’s the prop wash hitting the horizontal stab and elevator.
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    Default Re: Shake in stick when climbing

    Based on experiences in other aircraft types I'm with Shadowrider and it either gets worse or is more noticeable the further aft your CG is.

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    Default Re: Shake in stick when climbing

    Some times when the trim is not well situated I have felt the shake.... once I corrected it , it normalizes

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    Default Re: Shake in stick when climbing

    I've got a 74" Sensenich on my IO-240B, and I get stick vibration/shake from the elevator on full power
    takeoffs, it goes away as soon as I lift the tail or get airborne. It's just pulsing air hitting the tail as
    far as I can tell. A bit unnerving at first, but I'm used to it now.

    Jeff

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    Default Re: Shake in stick when climbing

    Sounds like this is pretty common. I had a passenger the other day point out how extreme it looked on climb out. I had noticed it before but really wasn't concerned but figured I might as well ask the group. Mine usually persists until I reduce my climb angle or decease power. Thanks all

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