without being pedantic, dont forget to remember that as the arc of the lever increases or decreases the leverage moment effect will alter the length of cable movement proportionately. Probably a bit hyperthetical but true. Just saying! Vaughan Thomas Down (rightdown) Under - New ealand ------------------------------------------- From: "Matt Elder" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 5:51 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Re: KR> Aileron cable travel
> I didn't see that there was any discouragement in any post. Perhaps you > lack the vocabulary to properly ask the question because a couple of us > have answered it already as asked. Aileron cable travel as you ask is > purely a function of the pivot radius and the angle of swing-a la the > distance the Center of the cable eye will move... If that's not what you > are looking for the you need to describe it better because that's what you > asked. If that is what you are looking for the you already have your > answer assuming you had a working system.... See previous posts. > > There's no reason to bash anyone on the list because we answered a > question you didn't know how to ask. > > If this didn't help, email me off list and ill give you my phone number > and we can talk about it and perhaps resolve it that way. > > Matt > > Sent via DroidX2 on Verizon Wireless? > > -----Original message----- > From: [email protected] > To: KRnet <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Aug 23, 2012 00:44:33 GMT+00:00 > Subject: Re: Re: KR> Aileron cable travel > > Many of you guys have the advantage of having completed your planes and > others have not. I don't know why you join a list like this if you are not > really going to help/share your knowledge and experience. Are you going to > tell me I don't really want to know what I just asked? Really? Could you > just remember back to the days when you were still building please and > treat others the way you would want to be treated? Would you want to be > encouraged or discouraged? Sometimes this list is really great but other > times it's a real downer. Everyone told me how great KR builders were and > how happy they are to help and answer questions. Really? > > <sigh> Did I ask for aileron travel? No, I asked for aileron cable travel. > Two totally different things are they not? A builder will understand that > these are totally different things. > > So, once again for the hard of hearing...I have built my own version of a > dual stick aileron control system based on the stock geometry. Stick pivot > to cable eye is 2.5", as spec'd out in my plan book. What is unknown is > whether or not my stick will allow enough movement side to side to move > the > cables enough to get the ailerons to move the prescribed amount. Not > having > a working STOCK system to work from, I was just asking if someone with > STOCK stick assembly would measure how far the cable travels during > aileron > deflection from stop to stop so I can tell if my clearances are ok. That's > all. > > > On , Pat and Robin Russo <[email protected]> wrote: >> Ditto to comment already made. Adding a 2nd stick does not change aileron > >> travel unless you change the pivot geometry. Stay with the same >> measurement, > >> Pivot pin to aileron cable attach point, which is about 2.75"-3" on the >> KR. > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.455 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/5215 - Release Date: 08/21/12 > 20:05:00 >
