Narrative:

We arrived to the airplane in ZZZ at around xa:00 a.M. Maintenance was on board the aircraft. They informed us that the previous crew that flew the airplane in had stiffness with their aileron control and the feel was not what they were used to feeling. Maintenance was basically done with their procedures; so the captain asked to do a check on the flight controls ourselves. The captain and I went into the flight deck and tested the flight controls. There were no issues that the captain [nor] I observed. Maintenance finished up and said everything was good on their end; and since everything felt good on our end; we accepted the aircraft for operation. Departing out of ZZZ runway xx on the zzzzz climb; we made a left turn per our departure procedure. The captain was the pilot flying. He stated that the previous crew was right; the ailerons do feel stiff. It wasn't until after we had aerodynamic loading on the aircraft that we felt the stiffness. He handed me the flight controls for a few seconds; so I could feel it. You had to put a pretty good amount of force to go from wings level to enter a turn. At no time was the plane uncontrollable; let alone did we feel the operational control of the aircraft was unsafe; but the ailerons were definitely stiff. This report is not for me to explain that we did something wrong; but merely to document multiple crews saying the same thing; and maintenance saying the aircraft is good to return to service. If something like this were to happen again; the best thing for me to do is trust the previous crew; and refuse the aircraft until a more thorough check has been done; like a flight test.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB-175 flight crew reported that during pre-flight; Maintenance informed them the inbound crew had written up a stiff aileron issue; but had tested OK on the ground. Flight crew decided to take the aircraft and experienced aileron stiffness while turning on departure; but elected to continue to destination.

Narrative: We arrived to the airplane in ZZZ at around XA:00 A.M. Maintenance was on board the aircraft. They informed us that the previous crew that flew the airplane in had stiffness with their aileron control and the feel was not what they were used to feeling. Maintenance was basically done with their procedures; so the Captain asked to do a check on the flight controls ourselves. The Captain and I went into the flight deck and tested the flight controls. There were no issues that the Captain [nor] I observed. Maintenance finished up and said everything was good on their end; and since everything felt good on our end; we accepted the aircraft for operation. Departing out of ZZZ Runway XX on the ZZZZZ climb; we made a left turn per our departure procedure. The Captain was the pilot flying. He stated that the previous crew was right; the ailerons do feel stiff. It wasn't until after we had aerodynamic loading on the aircraft that we felt the stiffness. He handed me the flight controls for a few seconds; so I could feel it. You had to put a pretty good amount of force to go from wings level to enter a turn. At no time was the plane uncontrollable; let alone did we feel the operational control of the aircraft was unsafe; but the ailerons were definitely stiff. This report is not for me to explain that we did something wrong; but merely to document multiple crews saying the same thing; and Maintenance saying the aircraft is good to return to service. If something like this were to happen again; the best thing for me to do is trust the previous crew; and refuse the aircraft until a more thorough check has been done; like a flight test.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.