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Old 03-04-2014, 07:23 AM
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Looks like a nut that was used for wing rigging and set-up. You would not want to use your expensive close tolerance bolts and nuts for initial wing set-up.
I second that idea
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Old 03-04-2014, 10:19 AM
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Default Thanks for the ideas...

and phone calls

Tonight I'm going to the hangar and will pull up the seat pans and so forth and check the control push rods, rod end bearings etc to make sure all the required nuts are there. I will also determine the material and confirm the size and thread pitch.

I have a three lever throttle quadrant so its not from a regular push-pull cable. How would one of those be floating around anyway, surely it would still be captive on the cable even if it backed off.
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Old 03-04-2014, 10:27 AM
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What do the quadrant levers pivot on???
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Old 03-04-2014, 11:51 AM
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If you have a DC Load Center, it looks like the nuts used for the Batt and Alt. terminals but they are shiny and new and this looks old, beat up, and used....
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Old 03-04-2014, 11:56 AM
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Default ...someone has to say it.....

...this is exactly why you must ensure that the 5th point on your harness is snugged down good 'n tite. (....and if this one got away, you might want to look around for ....'the other one'....)

okay, had my fun!

.......back to your regularly scheduled technical responses.
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Old 03-04-2014, 01:04 PM
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When I removed the floor boards and baggage floor from the RV1 to access the flap and aileron hardware in order to remove the left wing for fuel cell resealing, I found the following:
1 very beat up disposable camera, several AN3 loc-nuts, a few screws, about $.45 in loose change, so my payload went up about 1/4 pound
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Old 03-04-2014, 06:38 PM
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It is 7/16" x 20
Steel (sticks to magnet not stainless)
Has traces of white paint that May or may not match the interior

Still looking

Update: floor all up. Clearly not part of control systems, seat belts. It looks remarkably similar to a nut holding an engine cable as it passes through bulkhead. All three are installed on the cables of course, no way for them to float around even if they did back off. However two of the installed nuts are that cadmium brassy look and one is just like his one. Further it is identical to one on a spare cable I have. Could be an old one hat was dropped?

Just gear towers left to check.

Good exercise this !
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Old 03-04-2014, 06:42 PM
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When I removed the floor boards and baggage floor from the RV1 to access the flap and aileron hardware in order to remove the left wing for fuel cell resealing, I found the following:
1 very beat up disposable camera, several AN3 loc-nuts, a few screws, about $.45 in loose change, so my payload went up about 1/4 pound
That's funny and very scary. Any "selfies" or dates on the film that may shed some clues?

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Old 03-04-2014, 07:44 PM
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When I removed the floor boards and baggage floor from the RV1 to access the flap and aileron hardware in order to remove the left wing for fuel cell resealing, I found the following:
1 very beat up disposable camera, several AN3 loc-nuts, a few screws, about $.45 in loose change, so my payload went up about 1/4 pound
When "teching" a 911 before a track weekend I once found a half bottle of wine and a loaded handgun that the owner professed no know nothing about.
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Old 03-04-2014, 07:44 PM
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Default 5th point belt attach

I have a lock nut on my 5th point mounting bolt. It could be that someone made their own 5th point mount and used a similar setup. That's about all I could think of but then how did it work its way out from under the seat and floor pans. Perhaps the slot around the belt. I guess the mystery goes on.
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