Saturday, December 21, 2024

Flight controls part 3

Riveted the brackets together along with their associated bearings.  There is a top and bottom to the spacer that gets sandwiched.  Make sure you put the extra hole at the top!

Then I riveted these into the fuse.

Next I cleaned all the holes on the control column weldment.

And then snaked the control column into the fuse.  There is a right and left to this so pay attention.  Also you have to find the magic combination in order to get this in.  Tip is to rotate it as you go to find the place where the tabs will slip thru the lightening holes in the ribs.


Then the control column gets bolted to the brackets.  This takes figuring out what combination of thick and thin washers puts the least side load on the bearings when torqued down.  Trial and error!


If you don't have a set of washer wrenches,  get them now!  You will thank me! 

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