Matt Dralle
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Joined: 08 Nov 2005
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Location: Livermore CA USA
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 Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 8:29 pm Post subject: Mounting A Rear Throttle Quad In An RV-8... |
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Maybe everyone but me found this easy to figure out, but then again maybe not. I just finished mounting a two lever, round-y top, Dayton Murdock throttle quadrant in the rear of the RV-8. I think it came out really nice, so I thought I'd share. Exactly how to do it didn't seem that intuitive at first. I really wanted a matching throttle quadrant to the front, rather than just the single stock Van's kit.
I'm going with throttle and prop controls in the rear (no mixture) since there isn't enough room for a three-control quadrant like in the front. Having a prop control in the rear in liew of the mixture seems like it makes way more sense to me.
BTW, as far as I know, Van's only sells the flat-top quadrants. There is a round-y top version as well that is available from Aircraft Spruce. The round-y top version of the three-lever quadrant fits WAY better in the stock mount in the front of the RV-8. I mean WAY better.
Here's a link to my RV-8 construction site, specifically on the rear throttle quad mount:
Page 1:
http://www.mykitlog.com/users/display_log.php?user=dralle&project=638&category=0&log=76158&row
Page 2:
http://www.mykitlog.com/users/display_log.php?user=dralle&project=638&category=0&log=76159&row=1
Happy building!
Matt Dralle
RV-8 #82880 / N998RV (res)
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