REFLECTOR: Aileron cable too short
Terry Miles
terrence_miles at hotmail.com
Wed Sep 5 18:08:09 CDT 2007
Ya know this stuff makes me want to suggest we wikipedia the construction
manual. This isn't the first work week where I have little to show for my
time by 5 pm on Wednesday and this for things that could be amended into the
flight manual. Like: this part doesn't fix, and we don't want to engineer
change the flight control system, so just plan to modify it or be aware it
won't work as delivered. I try not to be negative, but truth is: had I
followed the book, my ailerons would be connected backwards. The manual
change to reverse the bell cranks on the dash five was because of Malcolm
Collier and I called down there.
Thanks for the info Ronnie.
Terry
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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Ron Brown
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 10:10 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Aileron cable too short
I had the same problem - cables limiting the aileron throw. The fix is to
drill new holes in the aileron bell cranks (next to the engine). Mine are
about 1/2" closer to the pivot. I'm pretty sure that Scott Swing
recommended this fix back when I had the problem.
Ronnie
----- Original Message -----
From: Terry <mailto:terrence_miles at hotmail.com> Miles
To: 'Velocity Aircraft <mailto:reflector at tvbf.org> Owners and Builders
list'
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 8:48 PM
Subject: REFLECTOR: Aileron cable too short
Hey all,
I am trying mightily to finish up, the cosmos has it another way.
Today I tried to hook up the ailerons. After spending lots of time and
effort to get the ailerons and aileron wells just right for full aileron
travel, I have found that the aileron cable assembly is not reaching far
enough. I am hitting the travel limits of the cable.not stick travel.not
control surface binding.
Brief review: The aileron cable attaches to a bell crank in wing root which
attaches to the aileron torque tube. The bell crank comes pre-drilled. I
am going to drill a new whole in the bell crank closer to the pivot point so
I can get proper minimum aileron throw.
Has anybody else run into this problem? Are there other ways to do this?
Terry
XL-5
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