REFLECTOR: Rudder conduits on Alan Shaw wings

[lawrence epstein]

Try again with picture

>From: "lawrence epstein" <ljepstein at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
>To: reflector at tvbf.org
>Subject: REFLECTOR: Rudder conduits on Alan Shaw wings
>Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:39:02 +0000
>
>I asked for suggestions about this some months ago and have tried them all. 
>Still no joy.
>
>The folowng is an e-mail I sent to Alan. Anybody have any other 
>suggestions?
>
>Alan-
>I hope all is well. I continue to follow Wingco/Atlantica and look forward 
>to it's success.
>
>Anyway-
>
>I have been trying to find the rudder conduits on my (WingCo/V173) wings 
>and can't!
>
>There was a lot of spillage in the recess where the internal arm should go 
>and the conduit (Outboard) end should be as well as some "displaced" triax.
>I spoke to a few people who had your wings and had similar problem finding 
>the condit end and all said just keep digging and cutting. I confirmed with 
>the factory that even triax cut away 5-6" in the well would still not be a 
>structural problem.
>
>Anyway, digging was a problem from the opening. I then saw a velocity at 
>Oshkosh that had your wings and had the same problem. He had cut an access 
>panel about 3" diameter centered 5" fwd of the opened edge (he covered it 
>wth plexiglass to have easy inpection of the rudder cable/turnbuckle). THis 
>looked like a good solution and I again discussed it with Duane Swing and 
>Ken Baker @ the Velocity tent and all were OK with the structure.
>
>Well I cut the holes and dug away, completely exposing the outboard end of 
>the blue foam of the wing from about 3 to 7 inches fwd of the winglet open 
>edge, top to bottom and NO CONDUIT!!!
>
>Where should I look now? Any suggestions? I have tried to get a stiff wire 
>thru the conduit from inboard to outboard but anything heavy/stiff enough 
>to chuck in a drill, won't pass more than about 3 feet and and the smaller 
>stuff goes only about 5-6 feet.
>
>I have attached a photo
>


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