MeSteve’s Build Log

[David47]

Welcome to the home builder world !. The number of times I've done this, had second thoughts and redone stuff and generally looked at a final result and said, "nah, don't like that .... " ....well, I could write a book about it.

Plan well ahead, figure out what happens a few steps down the line. .... and don't get ahead of yourself. Most of all, stick with it and look to this site for ideas, inspiration and encouragement. I know I do ...

[Mesteve]

Revisiting the control friction, I have played around with washers and cleaned up the bushing/bearing interface, but the fore/aft movement isn’t as clean and smooth as the left/right is. My left/right movement “flops” side to side, but the fore/aft has to be moved through it’s range of motion. Has anyone else put a scale on the pull to measure the resistance?

[efwd]

that is what I did.

[Mesteve]

Thanks! I’ll get to cuttin’...

[Mesteve]

I got around to installing the flap linkage tonight, but I noticed the linkage/bar contacts the frame when it goes through its full range of motion. I assume there will be some limits imposed later with the detents, but at this point, no rotation of the linkage prevents contact through its movement.

Is this normal, and just don't worry about it until later or is this something I need to address now somehow?

You can see the contact being made...

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[Mesteve]

OK, what am I missing? The instructions don’t show how the bottom piece is supposed to fit. I assume it’s a cut I need to make, but I don’t see any reference to doing so...

[Delta Whisky]

You're correct - at least that is how I did mine. I'm working from memory here but I believe I had to cut out a section (as opposed to just making a cut). Sorry I don't have a specific picture but maybe enough is seen here:
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[Meyer]

Yes, cut the bottom piece in your picture - it becomes two pieces.

[Mesteve]

I have been making slow, but steady progress... I have all of the VS and rudder ribs permanently mounted and just finished up making the upper tail access panel mounting strips. The next step is mounting the aft bulkhead, but as I go about test fitting it it doesn’t seem to match up at all. Does the bulkhead need to be trimmed down to match the width of the airfoil rib that the upper access panel strip gets attached to or should it stick out that far?

[David47]

Steve, first off, your rudder can't turn through 90 Deg because the elevator will prevent that. You're limited to about + and - 25 Deg, give or take. As for the rudder hinge point bolts, like Eddie, I cut "T" shaped access slots/holes for the two upper hinge points and an "L" shaped cutout in the lower. I've included couple of photos for you.