REFLECTOR: Rudder conduits on Alan Shaw wings

[Brian Michalk]

Can you get a stiff wire in there, like piano wire?
Find a friend with some telco equipment, or a networking guy.  They may 
have a cable finder.

Run the piano wire in as far as it goes.  Attach the transmitter, then 
find the other end of the wire with the receiver.

lawrence epstein wrote:
> Try again with picture
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>> 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
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>> 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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