REFLECTOR: Stick play (no, not that kind)

[Ronnie Brown]

Jim,

By the way, I did make your aluminum bushings for the control stick and they
are installed.  Sure enough, helped remove a bit of slop.

Thanks!
Ronnie

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Agnew" <jim_agnew_2 at yahoo.com>
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 3:49 PM
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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