Hello John, you wrote:-
>At the interesting stage of fitting the elevator controls, and was wondering
>about the minimum movement at the control column. The instructions say thay
>after installing the stick to aileron connectors, the stick should move 8
>inches laterally and 10 fore and aft. Should this be the same after
>installing the pitch controls?
No. A bit later on you set up the all-flying tail to 12deg up
4deg down (check the manual). Stops are built into the the pitch
pushrod containment bulkead to keep the balance weight (and hence the
pushrod/c.column) to these limits. Same with the ailerons, they will
hit their own stops (in the bellcranks) before the control columns
hit anything (apart from your legs)- but only when the wings are
plugged in!
>Also, those of you flying or near to it, what movements do you have on the
>control column? This may depend on how long the column is- is everyone
>sticking with the 15 inches?
I have'nt measured the control column movements with
everything plugged in and stops set up yet, i pass this one on to a
lucky europa flyer; but its the stops that count, not just control
column movement.
chus, dave
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