At full dive, my stick still hits the heater knob when control is full out. Elevator horn is against the stop at the rear at 25 degrees down.
Cut more off stick until no interference? Don't know what else except bending stick aft.
I believe your stick grip manufacturer sells a beveled washer that will tip the grip back. Or, fill the stick with sand, bend.
I think considering the fact that you can always close the heater during such unusual turning dive and if with heater closed there is no interference, then I believe you should be good as it is.
Van's version of the Tosten grip for the 14 should fit better.
https://store.vansaircraft.com/pre-wired-control-stick-with-tosten-grip-left-cs-00008t-l.html
Try adjusting the CS-00002 MID ELEVATOR PUSHROD slightly - I forget if you would have to lengthen or shorten, but turn the rod end bearing at the idler arm to see what might work in your situation. A small adjustment (1/2 turn or so) can impart a large effect.
(Also, this is assuming the ailerons have already been adjusted per the instructions.)
Ailerons not adjusted.
Already made the pushrod as short as it can get. ...
I think you may have to first adjust the ailerons, since their internal stops will dictate the lateral deflection of your control stick.
And for the mid elevator pushrod, you might need to _lengthen_ that pushrod slightly, which will have the effect of deflecting the top of the control stick more aft (since it pushes the bottom of the control stick assembly forward).
You mentioned you adjusted the aft elevator pushrod (big one); I was actually talking about the mid elevator pushrod. See page 36-01. Actually, either shortening the aft pushrod or lengthening the mid pushrod (or both) should have the same desired effect (if my 3D spatial relations are correct).
I will actually shorten the rod about 2 threads to bring the stick a tad closer to the panel, just to make sure it doesn't interfere with my cojones will aloft.
Problem solved. The VAF wins another one!
I lengthened the mid elevator pushrod 8 threads or about 1/4".
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The result was huge at the panel.
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The stick clears the heater control knob by 3/4", now. Where prior to this adjustment, the stick hit the knob at about 3/4". So a 1/4" movement at the mid rod made about a 1-1/2" difference at the panel! I will actually shorten the rod about 2 threads to bring the stick a tad closer to the panel, just to make sure it doesn't interfere with my cojones will aloft.
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Man, were you correct AlexC! Thanks, again.
Make sure you still have more than 1/2 of the threads within the fitting.
Man, were you correct AlexC! Thanks, again.