REFLECTOR: Ailerons

[Scott Derrick]

Those look exactly like the joints on my torque tubes.

Jim Agnew <jim_agnew_2 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>I can't send you pictures since the universal joints are inside the wing.  
> 
>All you have to do is purchase the proper size universal joints that will fit the inside diameter of the aileron connecting piece and the torque tube.   
> 
>See  http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/appages/ujoints.php
> 
>You will have to shorten the torque tube to make up for the additinal length that the universal joint adds.  remember that the inside diameter of the aileron connecting piece and the and the torque tube have to be the same. 
> 
>Jim
>
>James F. Agnew
>Jim_Agnew_2 at Yahoo.Com
>Tampa, FL
>Velocity 173 Elite Aircraft Completed & Flying
>
>From: Brett Ferrell <reflector at velocityxl.com>
>>To: reflector <reflector at tvbf.org> 
>>Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 8:04 PM
>>Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Ailerons
>>
>>
>>Jim,
>>
>>
>>Can you send or post pictures of your universal joints?  Even better, do you have a recommended part number?
>>
>>Brett
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 26, 2011, at 04:40 PM, Jim Agnew wrote:
>>>I can explain exactly what is wrong with the aluminum tubes.  They do not rotate around the center line of >the ailerons.  The tubes warp absorbing the torque.  Proven by several Torsional vibration specialists at my >request.  I replaced all of the aluminum torque tubes with the same size and thickness stainless steel tubes >and added universal joints to the aileron connection to minimize the warping tendency.
>>> 
>>
>>>When Sam DaSilva & I discovered that you could hold the back edge of the aileron with your thumb & >forefinger and move the stick FULL THROW RIGHT & LEFT without the aileron moving that made me look >for the problem.
>>> 
>>
>>>Jim
>>_______________________________________________
>>To change your email address, visit http://www.tvbf.org/mailman/listinfo/reflector
>>
>>Visit the gallery!  www.tvbf.org/gallery
>>user:pw = tvbf:jamaicangoose
>>Check new archives: www.tvbf.org/pipermail
>>Check old archives: http://www.tvbf.org/archives/velocity/maillist.html
>>
>>
>_______________________________________________
>To change your email address, visit http://www.tvbf.org/mailman/listinfo/reflector
>
>Visit the gallery!  www.tvbf.org/gallery
>user:pw = tvbf:jamaicangoose
>Check new archives: www.tvbf.org/pipermail
>Check old archives: http://www.tvbf.org/archives/velocity/maillist.html
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.tvbf.org/mailman/private/reflector/attachments/20111227/ec0003d1/attachment.htm>