Hi! Rowland
Just for the record I have the whole works in the stick top by Mac,
that is trim flaps and PTT. Andy Draper on Test(Before he went to the
PFA) was concerned about the use of charts activating the buttons since
they are very sensitive. I had a picture of a flip top cover I made to
get over this problem on the http://www.crix.org.uk site but it seems to
have gone missing, John Cliff may have been shrinking the site a little
and decided to remove it . I also have all the switches duplicated on
the panel but the relays necessary are a bit mind blowing! I hope there
is never an issue needing them sorted whilst I have the 'plane !
regards
Bob Harrison G-PTAG
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Sent: 04 September 2008 15:42
Subject: Re: Europa-List: wiring exit from stick - uk practice?
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>An exit hole at the back of the stick just above CS01 has worked
>well for me. The wire is covered by a flexible boot designed to stop
>the pens & other things you will drop jamming the controls.
David - thanks, I have a set of Tim Ward's boots, but I'm not sure
about keeping the wiring inside them as there is no guarantee that
the wires won't chafe on the moving parts while out of sight in
there. I think I'd prefer to take the wire down the outside of the
boot, although that would be less aesthetic. However I suppose
(thinking aloud here) the ideal solution would be an extra strip of
leather sewn on to the outside (or even better inside) of the boot to
form a channel down the boot between its (mobile) top edge and its
(fixed) bottom edge. That would keep the wire under control and
pretty safe from chafing as well as from snagging on one's high heels.
>if you fly with other pilots and share the flying, then the co pilot
>will want access to the trim. For me having the switch with the
>indicator and a CB in some central position, reasonably close to the
>throttle hand, makes more sense.
I was thinking of a duplicate switch on the stick, leaving the
central one in position, but I don't know if LAA Engineering has
approved such an arrangement. If not, I wouldn't want to be the first
to lock horns with them over FMEA!
It's just that most of the aircraft I've flown with electric trim
have a rocker switch on the yoke and I've found that so much more
ergonomic and fast to use than reaching across to a separate switch
or a mechanical trim wheel.
However, I may have to settle for a single central switch just to
keep life simple.
Incidentally, I'm not planning to use a commercial stick grip as they
are mostly fitted with much more complex switchery than what I want.
I do believe that the grips I want are hiding inside some chucks of
mahogany that I have lying around - I just have to let them out, as
the sculptors say. But before I do that, I will need to decide how
many switches they must accomodate and where the switch(es) should go
.....
regards
Rowland
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