You can also run pushrods from the stick out to a bellcrank in the wing gap
on both sides thence another back in the gap to the aileron arms and do away
with the follow through near the rear spar all together. I ran mine on the
rear of the main but see no reason why you couldn't do it on the front if
the stick was kinked towards the pilot to give enough room for forward
movement against the instrument panel. This set up gives uninterrupted space
for an inner wing tank.
John Martindale
29 Jane Circuit
TOORMINA NSW 2452
AUSTRALIA
phone: 61 2 66584767 (H)
61 2 66869075 (W)
mobile: 0403 049990
email: [email protected]
web: www.members.optusnet.com.au/johnjanet/Martindale.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin Rainey" <[email protected]>
To: "KRnet" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 12:27 AM
Subject: KR> Controls
> Pete wrote:" Has anyone tried mounting their control stick on the forward
> side of the main spar?"
>
> If I were installing my own controls, all of them would be pushtube type,
> save the rudder. The easiest thing to do for the ailerons is to install a
> bellcrank on the rear of the main spar, to transfer motion from the stick
> to
> rear spar where a second bellcrank would send the motion out to the
> aileron
> bellcrank, which by plans has the synchronizing cable installed and
> running
> from wing to wing. This is replaced by the pushtube running from wing to
> wing, with the adjusting parts of the tubes behind the rear spar. This
> would
> eliminate the need for the front cables and associated pullies altogether,
> making your entire stub wing available for fuel. One of the netters had
> some
> really good pictures of the installation I am referring to, so it has been
> done once or twice at least. I would convert mine except I am still in the
> engine swap mode. I may still later...
>
> Colin Rainey
> [email protected]
>
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