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MauleDriver(at)nc.rr.com
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Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject: Rudder cable exits on tailcone

Who used what here?  I remember a recent post regarding 3rd party parts 

for this.  I see something called 'DDD' in Mr Deems tailcone.  Looking 

for advice here before I start riveting on the top skin.



Thanks!

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Deems Davis

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 925

Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:33 am Post subject: Rudder cable exits on tailcone

I used parts from Aircraft Spruce, 

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/topages/ruddercable.php  you can 

get them from Cleveland, Wicks and others no doubt.

"DDD" is my shorthand for doing the "*D*rill, *D*ebur, and *D*imple" 

Dance, as your have learned by now, you get LOTS of practice at this!



Deems Davis # 406

Finishing - ( A Misnomer ! )

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MauleDriver wrote:



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 Who used what here?  I remember a recent post regarding 3rd party 

 parts for this.  I see something called 'DDD' in Mr Deems tailcone.  

 Looking for advice here before I start riveting on the top skin.



 Thanks!

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CJohnston(at)popsound.com
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:51 am Post subject: Rudder cable exits on tailcone

I used the same parts from spruce.  I wanted the cables to be removable

in case of, well I don't know what exactly...  I used countersunk #6

screw nutplates.  That also allowed me to have the fairings slightly

more aft to "capture" the cable sleeve.  One thing that I learned though

is that putting the one screw directly in line with the opening makes it

tougher to install the cables later.  If I had it to do again, I might

use 4 screws instead of 3 so I could keep the one out of the way for the

cable sleeve, or just offset the one in the front to one side of the

hole.  Here's a picture:

http://www.perfectlygoodairplane.net/Perfectlygoodairplane/Tailcone%208.

html



cj

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fuse

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rv10(at)sinkrate.com
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:59 pm Post subject: Rudder cable exits on tailcone

Chris,



I somewhat copied your design when I was working on the tailcone except I

went ahead and put 4 screws in instead of 3.  I haven't run the cables

through the tailcone yet so I can't say if it ends up being better or not.

You can see some pictures here:



http://www.sinkrate.com/rv10/rudder-fairing/ 



You will notice in the 5th picture I ended up using a flush pop-rivet

because my nutplate rivet hole ended up being right inline with the angle

aluminum on second to last bulkhead in the tailcone.  I couldn't come up

with a way to buck the rivet.  Dimpling the nutplate attach holes with the

pop-rivet dimple die was quite challenging.  It took quite a few 4 letter

expletives to complete.  If I would have moved the nutplate about 1/4"

toward the back life would have been easier.  In fact I remember thinking

hmmm I wonder what my drill bit just ran into when I drilled the nutplates

 oops.  You know how it is.  Some days you're just not so good at

airplaining.



-Ben Westfall

#40579 - Gas Tanks

Portland, OR



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CJohnston(at)popsound.com
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Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:06 pm Post subject: Rudder cable exits on tailcone

Yea - happily that's one time where I almost got it right...  I put the

nutplate attach stuff BEFORE I riveted the tailcone skin on.  Yay.  So

dimpling and riveting was an easy task.  Sometimes I'm good at

airplaining! 



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MauleDriver(at)nc.rr.com
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:28 pm Post subject: Rudder cable exits on tailcone

Thanks Deems and everyone else who responded (I've been offline for a 

few days).  I will be getting some of those Aircraft Spruce cable exits.



Deems Davis wrote:

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 I used parts from Aircraft Spruce, 

 http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/topages/ruddercable.php  you can 

 get them from Cleveland, Wicks and others no doubt.

 "DDD" is my shorthand for doing the "*D*rill, *D*ebur, and *D*imple" 

 Dance, as your have learned by now, you get LOTS of practice at this!



 Deems Davis # 406

 Finishing - ( A Misnomer ! )

 http://deemsrv10.com/



 MauleDriver wrote:



> 

>

> Who used what here?  I remember a recent post regarding 3rd party 

> parts for this.  I see something called 'DDD' in Mr Deems tailcone.  

> Looking for advice here before I start riveting on the top skin.

>

> Thanks!

>

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