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rowil(at)clara.net
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Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:04 pm Post subject: rudder pulley access holes in cockpit module

I'm just starting to highlight the trimming lines on the cockpit 

module with a fine felt-tip pen so I can see where to cut.



I'm puzzled by the marks on the starboard side of the centre tunnel, 

at the side of the seat area. My printed manual does not identify any 

individual holes, but the PDF manual from the factory website marks 

it and the corresponding one on port as "rudder pulley access holes". 

The approximately-horizontal flanges on which they appear are 

asymmetrical - wider on the starboard side than the port. The port 

side hole is clearly outlined and also cross-hatched. On the 

starboard side are 2 oval areas about the same size and slightly 

overlapping. The outboard one is cross-hatched and the inboard one is 

not.



Do I cut out just the hatched one, or just the unhatched one?



My guess would be only the hatched one, as it appears to be in about 

the same relationship to the seat-pan as the port one. The central 

narrow part of the tunnel is veering off to port as it reaches the 

seat-back and that is what makes the starboard flange wider there, 

and I assume the rudder pulleys are located equidistant from the 

centreline or from the outside edge of the fuselage/cockpit module - 

thus the outboard (hatched) outline is the one that's needed. Perhaps 

the inboard position was marked in error and both correct ones have 

been hatched to better identify them.



Roger at the factory says he thinks it should be the hatched one, but 

does anyone know any better before I start cutting?



regards



Rowland

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Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:44 pm Post subject: rudder pulley access holes in cockpit module

On Monday, Jun 9, 2008, at 15:00 US/Pacific, Rowland Carson wrote:



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		   The approximately-horizontal flanges on which they appear are 

 asymmetrical - wider on the starboard side than the port. The port 

 side hole is clearly outlined and also cross-hatched. On the starboard 

 side are 2 oval areas about the same size and slightly overlapping. 

 The outboard one is cross-hatched and the inboard one is not.



 Do I cut out just the hatched one, or just the unhatched one?



 My guess would be only the hatched one, as it appears to be in about 

 the same relationship to the seat-pan as the port one. The central 

 narrow part of the tunnel is veering off to port as it reaches the 

 seat-back and that is what makes the starboard flange wider there, and 

 I assume the rudder pulleys are located equidistant from the 

 centreline or from the outside edge of the fuselage/cockpit module - 

 thus the outboard (hatched) outline is the one that's needed.


	


Rowland,



Though I can no longer see the hairlines indicating the access hole 

locations, you are correct in reasoning that the holes want to be in 

the same relationship to the seat flanges,  NOT in the same 

relationship to the central narrow part of the tunnel which I 

mistakenly used when I made my initial cuts. (Easily remedied w/ a 

small patch and some 5 min. epoxy.) Take the starboard side as a guide 

and duplicate it on the port side and you'll be good to go.



Fred

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g-iani(at)ntlworld.com
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Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 1:51 am Post subject: rudder pulley access holes in cockpit module

I remember my tunnel was confusingly marked.  I think it was the hatched

one.  The logic is can you get a spanner on to the pulley nut via the

hole.



Something to think about is the need to make removable covers for these

holes.  You do not want you favourite pen falling into the pulley

wheels.

Ian Rickard G-IANI XS Trigear, 200 hours

Europa Club Mods Rep (Trigear)

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