Feb 05, 2023     Aileron fair lead - (1 hour)       Category: Controls

Fastened HMWP friction block to fair lead by tapping 6-32 and using 6-32 truss head screw and reinstalled on wing.

  Dec 16, 2022     Stabilizer - (3 hours)       Category: Controls

Securely fastened plexiglass chafe plates for stabilizer cables. Replaced stabilizer cable junction bolts with new AN. Replaced stabilizer and rudder hardware with new AN. I will replace all old fasteners with new AN hardware.

  Nov 14, 2022     Finished rudder cables - (3 hours)       Category: Controls

Installed turnbuckles on rudder cables and whipped with 40# nylon casting line and coated with crazy glue. Whipped remaining unfinished cables ends. The control system is now finished.

  Mar 30, 2022     Aileron cables - (4 hours)       Category: Controls

Fabricated control stick tonight aileron cable. Also 1/2 of the left cable

  Mar 26, 2022     Pulley brackets and offsets - (5 hours)       Category: Controls

Fabricated 4 aileron pulley brackets and standoffs.

  Mar 24, 2022     Finish elevator controls - (3 hours)       Category: Controls

Crimped and silver soldered copper stops on control still elevator cables. Trimmed elevator cables at elevator and whipped the ends.

  Mar 23, 2022     Final elevator cable assembly - (2 hours)       Category: Controls

Installed plexiglass dividers to separate cables from rubbing. Installed copper stops on cable at control stick. Everything works great.

  Mar 21, 2022     Finalize elevator cable - (3 hours)       Category: Controls

Pictures describe the actual work better than words. Black tubing used is high density nylon 66. Bent up upper elevator cable nylon guide with a little heat. Whipped cable ends.

  Mar 11, 2022     Adjust elevator cables - (2 hours)       Category: Controls

Adjusted elevator cable travel so they don't chafe on fuse tubing. Will have to add a piece of plexiglass to protect the belly from chafing. I also added rudder cable guides to the bottom of the seat.

  Mar 10, 2022     Control stick and cables - (3 hours)       Category: Controls

Mounted control stick with friction tubes and cables for elevators. Found some cable travel issues and will have to correct.

  Feb 24, 2022     control stick preparation - (4 hours)       Category: Controls

a fairly complex solution to running the control cables under the seat was devised and fabricated. where the cables exit the control tube, I made a guide to run high density nylon tubing. The guide is made from uhmw polypropylene as shown in the pictures. tomorrow I will join the block to the tube with a couple of metal straps. the original plans call for the cables to run directly under/over metal tubing.

  Feb 22, 2022     modify floor board - (2 hours)       Category: Controls

Marked floor board for cutting out the center to drop thr rear of the control stick by a 1/4"

  Feb 21, 2022     prep control stick - (3 hours)       Category: Controls

control stick too high for stab cables to run under seat. removed seat and floor board for modification to lower control stick tube at rear to clear front seat stringer.

  Feb 04, 2022     Stabilizer control wires - (4 hours)       Category: Controls

working on controls. ran stabilizer cables to the front and aligned wood fairlead blocks so cables are straight.