I’ve installed the control stick bases and elevator and aileron pushrods.
I installed the left stick with both bolts (temporary nuts) and it was a nice slip fit into the control stick base. Needed just slight back and forth twisting to get it to slide in.
The right hand side was quite loose - in fact, I put 2 wraps of masking tape on the tube so it didn’t wobble around when I match drilled the sticks.
Now they are installed, I followed instructions and only used the one top bolt on the right stick but the wobble in the stick was a lot! It was rotating around the top bolt. I added the second bolt and it helped somewhat, but you can definitely feel a ‘clunk’ as you move the stick from one side to the other (with 2 bolts).
The left stick is solid in the control column base but the right is a bit of a concern. There is no way I could use a single bolt - the movement is awful. The fact one stick is ok means the play is not in the pushrod between the sticks.
Is this a known thing? I was thinking a couple of wraps of electrical tape would sort this out - or do I have a bigger issue?
Full disclosure - these are the pre-wired tosten sticks. I have the original Van’s sticks and tried one of these in the right - it’s an even looser fit. So the issue is with the control column base I think.
Here is the video - my son is holding one stick on the stop and you can see the wobble - I removed the lower bolt to better show the wobble - with 2 bolts you can feel it but it’s hard to show on video:
I installed the left stick with both bolts (temporary nuts) and it was a nice slip fit into the control stick base. Needed just slight back and forth twisting to get it to slide in.
The right hand side was quite loose - in fact, I put 2 wraps of masking tape on the tube so it didn’t wobble around when I match drilled the sticks.
Now they are installed, I followed instructions and only used the one top bolt on the right stick but the wobble in the stick was a lot! It was rotating around the top bolt. I added the second bolt and it helped somewhat, but you can definitely feel a ‘clunk’ as you move the stick from one side to the other (with 2 bolts).
The left stick is solid in the control column base but the right is a bit of a concern. There is no way I could use a single bolt - the movement is awful. The fact one stick is ok means the play is not in the pushrod between the sticks.
Is this a known thing? I was thinking a couple of wraps of electrical tape would sort this out - or do I have a bigger issue?
Full disclosure - these are the pre-wired tosten sticks. I have the original Van’s sticks and tried one of these in the right - it’s an even looser fit. So the issue is with the control column base I think.
Here is the video - my son is holding one stick on the stop and you can see the wobble - I removed the lower bolt to better show the wobble - with 2 bolts you can feel it but it’s hard to show on video:
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