David-aviator
Well Known Member
The stock RV-8 front seat stick has to be shortened to clear the instrument panel when the stick is full forward.
I had shortened mine so it just cleared the panel, however my DAR pointed out I could not press the PTT button when full forward, the clearance was so close.
So, I took another inch off it. Now it seems too short, like it is just level with my knees if an appropriate cushion is used to better see forward.
The stick height from the bearing attachment is 13", could some of you measure your front seat stick height for comparison?
Thanks, and if it is around 13", how are you getting along with it?
I am considering ordering another stick or attaching an extension to it to make it feel better AND rigging the elevator rod end bearings so the stick slopes back a bit and does not interfere with the IP. The plan calls for the stick to be vertical for roll and pitch when the elevators and ailerons are in neutral and that mandates the stick be shortened because it goes so far forward as to hit the IP. But there may be enough thread at the rod ends to move it back a bit so it does not hit the IP.
Have any of you done this to keep the stick from ending up under the IP when full forward?
I had shortened mine so it just cleared the panel, however my DAR pointed out I could not press the PTT button when full forward, the clearance was so close.
So, I took another inch off it. Now it seems too short, like it is just level with my knees if an appropriate cushion is used to better see forward.
The stick height from the bearing attachment is 13", could some of you measure your front seat stick height for comparison?
Thanks, and if it is around 13", how are you getting along with it?
I am considering ordering another stick or attaching an extension to it to make it feel better AND rigging the elevator rod end bearings so the stick slopes back a bit and does not interfere with the IP. The plan calls for the stick to be vertical for roll and pitch when the elevators and ailerons are in neutral and that mandates the stick be shortened because it goes so far forward as to hit the IP. But there may be enough thread at the rod ends to move it back a bit so it does not hit the IP.
Have any of you done this to keep the stick from ending up under the IP when full forward?