lostpilot28
Well Known Member
I've posted on this before because I built my "up stop" as per the plans and it was just a hair too short. I rebuilt it with 1"x1" angle and left the whole 1" there and it seemed to do the trick.
Well, a new problem has come up...I connected all of the pushrods and linkages for the elevators and the control stick is "bottoming out" before the elevator can hit the stop. When I say "bottoming out", what I mean is the eye-bolt on the control column is contacting the clevis when the stick is moving to the extreme aft position. There's another 1/3-inch or so before the elevators hit the up-stop.
I measured the angle on the elevators in the full up position (when the clevis & eyebolt are touching at the control column) and I'm getting about 27 degrees. I'm wondering if I will be limiting the range if I make a new control stop that's even longer - say 1-1/2 long.
Anyone else see this?
Update: Upon reading my own post, I started thinking that maybe the pushrods are too short, thereby limiting the amount of elevator travel. Any thoughts on this?
Well, a new problem has come up...I connected all of the pushrods and linkages for the elevators and the control stick is "bottoming out" before the elevator can hit the stop. When I say "bottoming out", what I mean is the eye-bolt on the control column is contacting the clevis when the stick is moving to the extreme aft position. There's another 1/3-inch or so before the elevators hit the up-stop.
I measured the angle on the elevators in the full up position (when the clevis & eyebolt are touching at the control column) and I'm getting about 27 degrees. I'm wondering if I will be limiting the range if I make a new control stop that's even longer - say 1-1/2 long.
Anyone else see this?
Update: Upon reading my own post, I started thinking that maybe the pushrods are too short, thereby limiting the amount of elevator travel. Any thoughts on this?
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