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Author Archives: pclifton
Rudder pedal cleanup
Not a lot to report tonight. In preparation for rigging the rudder cables, I brought the rudder pedals up from where they’d been sitting for some time. This revealed a couple things that needed addressing – first, the exposed steel … Continue reading
Posted in Fuselage
Hours Logged: 1
Control column adjustment
Well, first up, I did order the rudder stop I mentioned earlier – unfortunately, it’s on backorder and won’t ship until probably next week. I did spend a little bit of random time this week thinking about cockpit layout stuff, … Continue reading
Posted in Fuselage
Hours Logged: .5
Elevator rigging wrap-up
No build activity yesterday, thank to some other stuff going on, but today I got a few hours. My idea of gluing the spacer washers inside the elevator bell crank worked out nicely, and I started off today by reinstalling … Continue reading
Elevator rigging refinement
Not a ton to report tonight, and no photos. My intent was to just have a short work session, mainly focused on getting all the rod ends installed correctly with spacing washers, and their bolts torqued down, to take the … Continue reading
Elevator rigging – first pass
So…not a ton of detail to provide tonight, despite this being a solid two-hour work session. Basically, what I did was install the control column + sticks into the fuselage, and then rig up the pushrods all the way back … Continue reading
Control column/stick fitting
As alluded to yesterday, today was all about doing the fitting work for the control stick pivot bushings. The nature of these joints is that the bronze bushing, when its pivot bolt is torqued, will be held in place between … Continue reading
Posted in Fuselage
Hours Logged: 4
Control column stuff
Well, today was mostly a lazy goof-off day, so not a ton of progress. I got the final pushrod done – just had to prime the inside of the thing, get the rod ends inserted and riveted, and that was … Continue reading
Posted in Fuselage
Hours Logged: 1.5
Pushrods. That’s all, just pushrods
No, really, that’s all I did today, just work on pushrods. First up was the large pushrod that will go from the bell crank back to the elevator horns. This one is made from large-diameter, thin-wall tubing. Just trim it … Continue reading
V-stab mounted, elevator horns drilled
So in between smoking a turkey, eating said turkey, taking the obligatory post-turkey nap, and giving the parents a call, I did find some time to get out and work on the plane. First up was picking up where I … Continue reading
More elevator work
Not a lot of time in the shop tonight, but I did get the elevators fixed up where they move freely. After some more experimentation, I determined that the right elevator was OK, and it was only the left one … Continue reading
Posted in Empennage
Hours Logged: 1