cdeerinck
Well Known Member
Hoping someone can help me out here. I contacted the mothership, but didn't get any joy, and they suggested I search VAF, which I did, but again no answer.
Here is the situation: QB RV-8, with In-flight adjustable pedals, with a planned IO-360 layout. The heat valve vent hole in the firewall came pre-cut from Vans, and I am following the plans per drawing OP-34.
The blue line represents the recommended cable path, and the red X is where it would hit the F-801H-L-1 angle.
The two solutions I was given were:
1) Make the right bolt much longer with an aluminum tube to act as a stand off.
2) Rivet a tab onto the angle, and put the adel clamp there.
The standoff idea gives me concern when the cable will be pushed and pulled. Both solutions leave me with the cable starting to interfere with the rudder pedals.
I am a bit frustrated because this is all per the plans, and yet based on the reply from Vans, I feel like I am somehow unique here.
The best I can come up with is to drill out, and reverse the arm, shorten it, then run the cable from the other side, and put the adel clamp on the close screw. To make that work, I think I would need to drill the hole in the arm closer to the firewall, and loose some leverage, and make it more sensitive when I move the knob. Surely that isn't ideal.
How did you guys solve or avoid this problem?
Here is the situation: QB RV-8, with In-flight adjustable pedals, with a planned IO-360 layout. The heat valve vent hole in the firewall came pre-cut from Vans, and I am following the plans per drawing OP-34.
The blue line represents the recommended cable path, and the red X is where it would hit the F-801H-L-1 angle.
The two solutions I was given were:
1) Make the right bolt much longer with an aluminum tube to act as a stand off.
2) Rivet a tab onto the angle, and put the adel clamp there.
The standoff idea gives me concern when the cable will be pushed and pulled. Both solutions leave me with the cable starting to interfere with the rudder pedals.
I am a bit frustrated because this is all per the plans, and yet based on the reply from Vans, I feel like I am somehow unique here.
The best I can come up with is to drill out, and reverse the arm, shorten it, then run the cable from the other side, and put the adel clamp on the close screw. To make that work, I think I would need to drill the hole in the arm closer to the firewall, and loose some leverage, and make it more sensitive when I move the knob. Surely that isn't ideal.
How did you guys solve or avoid this problem?