Just curious, but do you expect a problem in this area?mgomez said:I'm still hoping somebody can answer this question. If you can't measure degrees of stick motion (in roll), then I'll settle for inches, if you tell me the length you trimmed the joystick to.
rv8ch said:Just curious, but do you expect a problem in this area?
mgomez said:Next question, obviously is why I want a center console. I don't have a good reason, other than I want one.
Frankly, I'm a little piqued about the lack of answers to this simple question, Martin - I asked this on the Matronics and Yahoo lists and of Van's ages ago and never got a single reply with data. I hereby apologetically add to the list of replies with no data, 'cuz I'm still waiting for it too and don't have wings on.mgomez said:I'm still hoping somebody can answer this question.
Mel said:Martin,
I see that you are building a slider. Please reconsider a center console. It will make getting under the panel almost impossible. Laying on your back across the spar is bad enough without having a console in the way.
One of my customers has a 2" wide console and even though he has a tip-up, it still takes me twice as long to do maintenance such as working on brakes or anything else in the floor.
David-aviator said:Martin, for you I walked to the hangar this morning and took some measurments.
With the ailerons centered, the distance from the side wall to the stick center mike button is 12.2". With the stick full left, the distance is 7.0". With the stick full right, the distance is 17.6". Total stick movement is about 10.6" from left to right.
Hope this helps.
It is my judgement, unless you have a very skinny rump room, you will be cramped with a center consol.
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mgomez said:Thanks, David, I appreciate the effort. I'm pretty skinny. Now, at the risk of asking a personal (and I hope this doesn't get ***'d out), how long is your joystick?
David-aviator said:17" down to the bolt in the bell crank. It was cut off so as to clear an instrument sub panel when pushed full nose down - never been anywhere near that extreme in flight.
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