----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Fillinger" <fillinger@ameritech.net>
Subject: Re: Leather Control Column Boots
> > A recent incident occurred here in New Zealand, on a Monowheel XS Rotax
914,
> > when a stone got lodged under the control
> > universal on take off jamming the controls. The aircraft was jammed in a
left
> > turn, so the pilot aborted the take off and
> > successfully landed the aircraft in an adjacent field.
>
> A similar thing happened on mine, tho not involving flight. It was a
> tiny something fouling the CS07/CS08 crank on the back end of the
> torque tube, preventing any right aileron. That's a difficult
> inspection area, and open to the outside when derigged. The lesson
> was that I could feel something was down there, as it bulged the
> outside skin when I moved the stick, but it took several tries with an
> inspection mirror to spot it. Perhaps best done with a trained mouse
> with a tiny "helmet cam?" Anyway, an important inspection area for
> any loose nut, tie wrap, or construction debris that can find its way
> to foul CS08.
>
> Regards,
> Fred F.
> N3EU
Fred:
You raise a very valid safety point for us all. I had not
thought of a pebble lofting into the belly through the wing insert holes -
and a bad spot for inspection it is!
I think maybe we should consider hole plugs for those spots
when enroute. Thanks for the 'heads up'!
Ferg
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