Feb 09, 2022     Rigging ailerons and flaps - (1.5 hours)       Category: Controls

Today I adjusted the aileron and flap deflections. This requires a jig to lock the yolk in place. You can borrow a jig from the factory but I made my own. Once the yolk is locked, you adjust the ailerons so that they are 1 degree more than the root tube angle. Pretty easy to do with a digital angle gauge that lets you zero the root tube angle. Once the adjustment was correct I tightened the jam nuts on the cable ends. I followed the same process for the flaps which are 3 degrees more than the root tube angle.

  Nov 07, 2021     Rudder control cable - (2 hours)       Category: Controls

Today I connected the rudder control cables. I used a bracket I found sitting on a shelf leftover from some power tool to hold the rudder pedals parallel and a couple aluminum tent poles to hold the rudder in line with the vertical stabilizer. The cables are attached to the rudder pedals at the factory so the builder only has to attach the other end to the rudder. I attached the turnbuckles to the control horn and ran the cables through the eyelets and swaged two connectors on each cable. I finished up with heat shrink tube to seal everything and adjusted the turnbuckles to tension the cable. I'm not installing safety wire or cotter pins at this time because I will have to partially disassemble all of this when I move the plane to the airport.

  Nov 05, 2021     Elevator adjustment - (1 hour)       Category: Controls

Today I adjusted the elevators. I used a combination square as a fixture to set the control column 90 degrees to the cockpit boom tube. I then adjusted each elevator to be level with the horizontal stabilizers.