REFLECTOR: Stick play (no, not that kind)

[Brian Michalk]

I made three sets, following your design for us guys here in Austin.  One
for me, and the two fliers.

I only got feedback from Mike; not sure if the other guy installed his.
Anyway, he said it is working fine.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]On
> Behalf Of Jim Agnew
> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 2:49 PM
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Stick play (no, not that kind)
>
>
> There are also the aluminum bushings that I posted a long
> time ago for those of you that have access to a lathe &
> mill.  They have worked work well in a number of
> installations and are strong.
>
> See:
>
> http://www.tvbf.org/gallery/?dir=airframe_construction%2FFlight%20Controls
>
> Jim
> --- NMFlyer1 at aol.com wrote:
>
> > There was a mod in the reflector from some time back
> > regarding stick play. It
> > consisted of glassing a wide area washer to the torque
> > tube, and one to the
> > stick tube. I liked the simplicity of it, the larger area
> > for distributing the
> > load, and an area sufficient for lubricant.
> > I did this to mine after I had already installed the
> > torque tube, and it was
> > a simple task.
> > The picture is still accessible in the archives. It works
> > great.
> >
> > Kurt Winker.
> >
> > By the way, thanks are in order to Velocity and the whole
> > building process. I
> > just rebuilt the tip tanks on my Cherokee 235
> > (fiberglass, repaired Very
> > poorly by an A&P).  I completely rebuilt them and sealed
> > them with Jeffco. They
> > are 10 times better than original equipment.
> >
> > New tanks from Piper (without holes, fixtures or paint)
> > $6000.00
> >
> > Completely rebuilding my own, with all new fixtures, and
> > paint:  $550.00
> >
> > Not having to pay ridiculous prices for obsolete parts:
> > Priceless  :)
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> James F. Agnew
> Jim_Agnew_2 at Yahoo.Com
> Tampa, FL
> Velocity 173 Elite Aircraft Completed & Flying
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