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Re: Europa-List: Control fork assembly friction against skin

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Control fork assembly friction against skin
From: Jeff B <topglock@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:15:26

Andrew.  Simply trim away the offending portion of the flange and 
continue on...

Jeff - Baby Blue

On 11/21/2011 9:22 AM, Andrew Sarangan wrote:
> I just did some trial fitting of the control fork in the cockpit module.
> Although I took great pains to make sure the alignment was perfect, I
> overlooked something. I am talking about the fork assembly
> (CS02/Tufnol/CS03 sandwich) where it enters the tunnel through the hole
> in the thigh support. Since the manual insisted on cutting this hole as
> low as possible on the cockpit module's floor, I might have gone a hair
> too low. The edges of the CS02 fork is now pressing against the lower
> glassfiber flange. This friction is not serious, but even a small change
> in the setup can make it stiffen up significantly. My thought is to cut
> that part of the skin off, since I don't see it serving any special
> purpose. Photos are attached. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
>



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