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Control sticks and aileron cable control assembly... 01/05/03 - Today I continued work on the control stick assembly installation. This went together quite easily. LOTS of photos today! Here are a couple of 'after' shots on the control stick assembly:
The next item is the Control Tee, which is mounted to the top of the cockpit cage and attaches to the aileron cable assembly via turnbuckles. There is a flanged bearing assembly which is fabricated and riveted to the Control Tee. Here are a couple of the 'in-process' shots of the Control Tee assembly:
Control Tee after installation:
Next, you fabricate the Aileron Pulley assemblies from parts (Mmmmm...looks like a mechanical meal!):
A couple of pre-fit shots of the cable pulley assemblies:
The installed cable assembly looks like this:
After installation, you check for proper alignment, check cabling for friction areas, etc. and then make any necessary adjustments so the cable tension is right. I stopped here because I found an area where the cables are rubbing the frame at the aft seat cross brace. I sent an email with photos to Rans Tech Support and I'm sure Ed at Rans will let me know what I've done wrong...probably just a routing issue. Here's a shot of the area:
More updates soon... |
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Last Update: 01/05/2003 |
