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01-21-2013, 04:57 AM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Florida
Posts: 774
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My gust lock
I wanted to thank the individual who posted his design for a gustlock several weeks ago here in the forums. I did a little modification on his design and came up with this one for our RV6A. Cost, less than $10.00, weighs less than 2 lbs.
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01-21-2013, 10:10 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
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Nice and simple. I like it.
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01-21-2013, 10:21 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Granbury, TX
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Dumb Question....... how did you bend the PVC pipe?
Thanks,
Jason
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Jason Tremble
RV-7A (Flying and Sold)
RV-10 in process (@#$$%# Cabin Top & Doors)
Paid for 2020
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01-21-2013, 10:23 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Plano, TX
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That looks just great!
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Colin P.
RV-6A #20603
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PP SEL / A&P
I donate every year on my B-Day (in Dec), but donated early in Sep'19.
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01-21-2013, 11:10 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Lake Country, B.C. Canada
Posts: 2,416
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how does it work? :)
just wondering if any of us have sat in the cockpit on a gusty day!?!?
I'd like to think my external locks hold the sufaces in place, and absorb some fo the shock.
This lock looks awesome; I wonder tho if it could be improved with a bit of rubber or spring somewhere, to take the 'snatch' and bang out of gusts???
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Perry Y.
RV-9a - SOLD!....
Lake Country, BC
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01-21-2013, 01:54 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Oliver, B.C. Canada (Okanagan valley)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by UnPossible
Dumb Question....... how did you bend the PVC pipe?
Thanks,
Jason
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Just use a plain old heat gun.
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Lorne
RV 7a tip-up
Pre-cover MD-RA Inspected.
Canopy completed. Bonded with Sika-Flex.
Up on her mains, Firewall Fwd and wiring on going.
Last edited by lorne green : 01-21-2013 at 06:21 PM.
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01-21-2013, 02:25 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Yardley, PA
Posts: 1,334
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boiling water
Quote:
Originally Posted by UnPossible
Dumb Question....... how did you bend the PVC pipe?
Thanks,
Jason
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Soaking the pipe it in boiling water works too. |
01-21-2013, 03:35 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Bay Pines, FL (based @ KCLW)
Posts: 1,955
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I made one similiar to the one above for my 7. The bend isn't required if you cut it the correct length to wedge it into the seat forward buckhead. I put a rubber knob on the end like one you'd find on a cane.
One nice thing is that you will never forget to remove it.
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Danny "RoadRunner" Landry
Morphed RV7(formally 7A), N20DL, PnP Pilot
1190+ hours
2019 Donation Paid
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01-21-2013, 09:53 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Yardley, PA
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Maybe...
I'm not sure I like not having the elevator in a neutral position. What would happen if you shortened the length, and added Velcro to the ends? Think that would work?
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01-22-2013, 04:51 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 162
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I like the design...simple and cheap and impossible to fly with it in place. I don't think putting Velcro on the ends that go on the rudder pedals would work for me...It seems like it would be a bit hard for us old guys to bend down there and install/remove it. How about if the ends were turned 90° so they hooked DOWN over the pedals? Then the end that goes on the stick could be Velcroed shut and there would (probably) be no fore and aft stick movement. Something to try out...PVC pipe is cheap.
Jim Bower
RV-6A N143DJ - flying
St. Louis, MO
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