REFLECTOR: Elevator counterweights, inboard

[Grigore Rosu]

Alex,

Don't know what the ball bearing is, sorry.  However, I took a picture of
what I think should go in there and attached it.  The left bag's label is
"torque tube spacer assembly" and its including bolt is an AN4-10A.  On the
other hand, the manual says that the spacer whoulb be used together with a
stainless long screw of size 3-1/2'' going through the two weights and the
torque tubes plates.  The only 3-1/2'' screws I received with my kit are
those in the bag on the right side of the picture, which contains 4 AN3-33A
bolts.  However, those screws appear listed in the "control system" part,
not the canard, and the spacer's hole is 1/4'', not 3/16'' as one would
expect if one was to use one of those long bolts.

Thank you,
Grigore

On Jan 9, 2008 8:16 AM, Alex Balic <velocity_pilot at verizon.net> wrote:

>  Grigore-
>
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> Do you have the ball bearing modification on the elevators? Maybe it is
> standard equipment now, the hardware would be different from what the manual
> shows if it is the case and the manual has not been updated….
>
>
>
> Alex
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> *From:* reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Grigore Rosu
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 08, 2008 6:46 PM
> *To:* Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
> *Subject:* REFLECTOR: Elevator counterweights, inboard
>
>
>
> Many thanks for your answers on primers.  I will consider some cold
> weather accelarator for 545, but in the meanwhile I'll work on parts that
> don't need higher temperatures, such as the elevators instalation.
>
>
>
> I was just installing my inboard elevator counterweights and ran into some
> problems.  I guess part of the them are due to the fact that the manual is
> not updated together with the kit.
>
>
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> First, all the parts listed in the table at the begining of section 3.5.2(positioning torque / counterweight arms) have completely different numbers
> from those of the parts that I received with my kit in the little plastic
> bags.  Therefore, I had to go by descriptions, pictures and by
> trial-and-error.
>
>
>
> Second, all the screws mentioned in the installations in Sec 3.5.2 are
> MS23694S-59, including those attaching and weights and those attaching the
> aluminium bushing in the torque tubes to the elevators; however, they were
> too short for the aluminum bushings, so I took the liberty to use
> MS23694S-70 instead, which appear to have the right, larger length.  I'll
> call Velocity tomorow and ask them whether that was OK to do or not, but I'm
> sure that MS23694S-59 cannot go all the way through those large aluminum
> bushings.
>
>
>
> Third, my "torque tube spacer assembly" bag contains indeed one spacer and
> one bolt, but the bolt is AN4-10A and the spacer has a 1/4'' hole through
> it.  On the other hand, the manual mentions a large stainless 3-1/2'' screw
> that goes through both weigths; the weights have 3/16 holes, so I'm assuming
> the 3-1/2'' screw would also be 3/16.  I was really expecting to find the
> 3-1/2'' screw together with a spacer with hole 3/16 in the torque tube
> spacer assembly, not what I found.  Am I doing anything wrong here?
>
>
>
> Finally, while the countersunk MS23694S-59 look nice on the outboard
> counteweights because they really sink in the arms, they look kind of ugly
> on the inboard one ... Are they supposed to also be countersunk where they
> attach the inboard weights as well?
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Grigore
>
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