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Daniel.Snow(at)wancdf.com
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Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 4:35 am Post subject: Control Column Travel Beyond Panel?

I haven't mounted the elevator yet, so I don't know how far the control stick needs to travel in the forward direction.  The seat floor ribs are preventing mine from touching the panel.  Could someone please tell me how much forward travel the control stick needs with the elevator installed?



thanks

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jc(at)INFONET.COM.BR
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Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 5:43 am Post subject: Control Column Travel Beyond Panel?

Ive just installed it per plans e no problem.

Dont worried about it and go on.

It will be fine.



After the first few hours you could decide about cut or not the control stick. My option 

ie "not cut".



JC - Aracaju - Brasil

RV-9A

Flying 125 hs

PU-JCI

wesites.exprecraft.com/jcmm

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trigo(at)mail.telepac.pt
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Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 6:15 am Post subject: Control Column Travel Beyond Panel?

Ol JC



Pelo que estou vendo, tem voado bastante.

O meu ainda falta um pouco. J montei o motor Subaru, mas falta a cowling , 

terminar a canopy, alguma coisa de fios elctricos e instrumentos, e a 

pintura.



Um abrao

Carlos Trigo

Portugal

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jc(at)INFONET.COM.BR
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Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 7:44 am Post subject: Control Column Travel Beyond Panel?

Ol Carlos:

Bom receber notcias suas. Espero que esteja gostando do trabalho de montar o RV-9A.

O PU-JCI  uma excelente mquina. Mesmo com hlice de passo fixo ainda fao uns 150 

Knots ao nvel do mar, com 30C, com 30 litros/hora. Bom demais.

Abaixo transcrevi em ingls para evitar chateao do moderador da lista.

Abraos

JC

(Its so good to receive some news from you. Hope you are haveing fun building the RV-9A.

The PU-JCI is an excelent flying machine. Even with a fixed pitch prop it flies at 150 

knots at sea level air temp 30C and 30 l/h.  Nice.)

JC

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bill(at)repucci.com
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Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 9:12 am Post subject: Control Column Travel Beyond Panel?

FYI - I had the same concern when I first installed my sticks.  They hit

the throttle quadrant I installed, the panel, everywhere.



Once the elevators and ailerons were installed they no longer hit as the

flight surfaces would hit their respective stops before the sticks would

hit the panel, and that is with the wood grips in place.



AS someone else mentioned, don't cut them until your plane is fully

assembled.



Bill

RV-9 Finishing kit

www.repucci.com/bill/baf.html



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gerf(at)gerf.com
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Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 9:22 am Post subject: Control Column Travel Beyond Panel?

I found that my stick reached full forward travel before 

touching the panel - elevator's, push-pull tubes and bellcrank 

all connected ...



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[quote] 

 

 

 Daniel and others:

 

 I don't understand how you can have a "problem" with the seat 

 floor ribs. 

 You should resolve this problem - or at least understand the 

 implications, 

 after you have fully installed the elevators, push tubes and 

 temporarily 

 installed the sticks.  I used a string to imitate the panel 

 bottom edge by 

 connecting it to the side air vents where the panel bottom 

 should be.  I 

 then determined how much I needed to shorten the two sticks, in 

 order to 

 clear the panel bottom. I wanted the sticks fairly long since the RV-9A 

 would be fairly sensitive to handling.  A short stick would 

 make handling 

 more "touchy".  I would not want a first flight where I needed 

 more forward 

 stick travel - - and the panel blocked it.  I cut my sticks, somewhat. 

 Consider the consequences of a lack of full stick travel.  I 

 hope that this 

 is the problem you were asking about. .  .  .

 

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jdisher(at)intergate.com
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Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 11:07 am Post subject: Control Column Travel Beyond Panel?

I had problems at first with the column cross bar hitting the floor ribs

even after the elevator and stops were installed. To cure this I had to

increase the length of the short forward control tube. When I got to look=

ing

at it closely, I could see the need to do this because with the elevator =

in

center position the stick was way out of perpendicular. Once I changed th=

at

there was no problem. I'm really sorry at this point that I welded or

riveted all the control tube ends in before I really got everything

assembled. Van's drawings and figures aren't always right and don't even

work out true on his quick-build stuff that is already together. I think =

I

saw someone calling it being "VANdalized" 

 

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John Clark

Joined: 15 Jan 2006
Posts: 10
Location: Ashburn, VA

Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 1:21 pm Post subject: Control Column Travel Beyond Panel?

The problem may be interference with the throttle knob. I cut some off the stick so that it would not get hung up under the throttle when it is pulled out. 



"Snow, Daniel A." <Daniel.Snow(at)wancdf.com> wrote:



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I haven't mounted the elevator yet, so I don't know how far the control stick needs to travel in the forward direction. The seat floor ribs are preventing mine from touching the panel. Could someone please tell me how much forward travel the control stick needs with the elevator installed?



thanks

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dthomas773(at)sbcglobal.n
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Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 5:54 pm Post subject: Control Column Travel Beyond Panel?

Hi Folks,

Your making way too much of a deal about this. Any

time you second guess the designer your looking for

trouble.  I installed my sticks the way they were

delivered and their fine. 

It takes very little control input to fly an RV.  You

almost never take the controls to the stops. 

Put it together the way the plans tell you to and you

will be happy with the results.

Dennis Thomas

RV N164DV  90164

274 hours and loving every minute

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 The problem may be interference with the throttle

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