REFLECTOR: Aileron Belhorn Configuration
Brian Michalk via Reflector
reflector at tvbf.org
Tue Sep 2 11:40:20 CDT 2014
Nice. That certainly would take out the slop, and my concern about the
torque through the bolt.
It would still be asymmetric, but that's a really minor complaint.
On 9/2/2014 11:30 AM, Dave T Nelson via Reflector wrote:
>
> Brian, team, FWIW regarding your "second nit"... I fixed this on my
> STD-RG many years ago as follows...
>
> I added a long "U" shaped steel bracket that wraps around the outside
> of the control stick. The ends of the "U" are riveted into the
> aileron torque tube. Not sure this (poor) picture will come
> through... but here it is, looking downward through the stick hole.
> Remember, mines a Standard, so this will look different than you
> fancy Elite guys are used to. I also added a steel bushing through
> the aileron torque tube and the stick.
>
> If I had it to do over again, I'd probably bolt the U through the
> aileron torque tube instead of rivet, although that hasn't been a
> problem. I'd also paint it. Oh well...
>
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