REFLECTOR: Aileron cables for side sticks

[Jones Nick]

All these options look feasible and I wouldn't be too concerned about turning the cable 90°. After all we are already doing this with the torque tube installation. My first question would be how does the interconnect between the right and left aileron work? Running the cable down the side of the airplane is not that hard, getting the two control cables interconnected may be the trick.

Best regards,

Nick and Connie Jones
Velocity XL-RG
N10CN
99% done 90% to go

From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of Reiff Lorenz
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 12:20 PM
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Subject: REFLECTOR: Aileron cables for side sticks


I've chatted with a number of builders in the past few weeks in the Velocity Builders' Virtual Hangar. I've discovered that a number of us are installing the side-stick option and want to eliminate the torque tube in the keel.

Scott Swing has indicated a willingness to think through an alternative connection method for us, probably involving control cables that run all the way from the sticks to the wing root. A few options are presented in the attached PDF. These are my sketches and thoughts, not Scott's, and I'd love the community's input. I'm leaning toward #3, since it has the fewest parts and takes the least design / re-engineering, but might be talked into one of the other options if it is safer, easier, or philosophically more elegant. :-)

Let me know what you think. Also, please contact me (directly is OK) if you too are interested in a more direct connection for your side-sticks so I can tell the factory how many of us there are.

Reiff Lorenz, Dayton, OH
Velocity XL-RG, 35% complete
Currently working on: Fuel system plumbing


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