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darinh

Joined: 20 Apr 2006
Posts: 327
Location: Utah

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:29 pm Post subject: Rudder Cable Adjustment?

What have you guys done for adjustment in the rudder cables?  My kit comes with a set of rudder brackets that have a seriies of holes  for adjustment but they are rather course adjustments.  What about fine adjustment for cable stretch and small adjustments in rudder centering?  has anyone used clip locking or safety wire turnbuckles?  If so, where did you locate the turnbuckles?  Pics would be great if you have them.

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Darin Hawkes
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:45 am Post subject: Rudder Cable Adjustment?

Darin,

  How are things going up in Utah? Sounds like you are making good progress.

  I decided to put these turnbuckles... http://www.azshowersolutions.com/Fuselage11.html on the back of the rudder cables. I used the brackets at the front. I found everything I needed at Spruce.

  Dan B

  Mesa, AZ   KF-IV  912s



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What have you guys done for adjustment in the rudder cables? My kit comes with a set of rudder brackets that have a seriies of holes for adjustment but they are rather course adjustments. What about fine adjustment for cable stretch and small adjustments in rudder centering? has anyone used clip [quote][b]

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dcsfoto

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 120

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 5:55 am Post subject: Re: Rudder Cable Adjustment?

model 7 has the handles in the center console for adjust,brackets for fine adjust.

rudder should center if done by the manual.

I would not mess with turnbuckels. 



David     Model 7 & 3



Do not arcive

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Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:13 am Post subject: Rudder Cable Adjustment?

I thought that there should be a finer adjustment than the coarse  

1/2" or whatever those straps/links would provide, too. So I went  

with turnbuckles at the front inside the cabin. Since I installed  

them, I've never had to touch them. I used a clean-looking fork at  

the back swaged onto the cable.

After flying the thing for two years, I've found that the adjustment  

is all in the feet of the pilot...yes, get the initial setting done  

right so that the pedals are correctly placed, and that's it. At  

least that's what worked for me with a Model IV, maybe/probably not  

the same for the 7.



Lynn Matteson

Grass Lake, Michigan

Kitfox IV Speedster  w/Jabiru 2200

flying w/480+ hrs/down for annual



On Mar 29, 2008, at 10:29 PM, darinh wrote:



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 What have you guys done for adjustment in the rudder cables?  My  

 kit comes with a set of rudder brackets that have a seriies of  

 holes  for adjustment but they are rather course adjustments.  What  

 about fine adjustment for cable stretch and small adjustments in  

 rudder centering?  has anyone used clip locking or safety wire  

 turnbuckles?  If so, where did you locate the turnbuckles?  Pics  

 would be great if you have them.



 --------

 Darin Hawkes

 Series 7 (Painting)

 914 Turbo

 Kaysville, Utah





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darinh

Joined: 20 Apr 2006
Posts: 327
Location: Utah

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:50 am Post subject: Re: Rudder Cable Adjustment?

Dan,



It is going great up here...making good progress but still a ways to go.  I looked at those same turnbuckles...can you tell me the overall lenght from end to end with the cable hardware?



I have set the rudder per the manual and all is as it should be now but in my experience (which is not much I must admit) cable systems tend to relax or break in over time and the turnbuckles would allow for this small amount of slop to be adjusted out.  As far as the center console adjustment goes, this only changes peddle location and has nothing to do with the length of the cables...the "fine" adjustment in the brackets is not very fine.  I think I will leave them as is now and if the cables stretch over time, I will install the turnbuckles like Lynn did...in the center console in the cabin.

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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:54 am Post subject: Rudder Cable Adjustment?

Darin,

  With the turnbuckle closed, it measures 3.75"  from nose to tail.... If I measure it all including the cable swag hardware it is 5" 

  It looks like the turnbuckles will give somewhere between 1 and 1.5" of adjustment.

Dan B   Mesa, AZ

  KF-IV 912s

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Dan,



It is going great up here...making good progress but still a ways to go. I looked at those same turnbuckles...can you tell me the overall lenght from end to end with the cable hardware?



I have set the rudder per the manual and all is as it should be now but in my experience (which is not much I must admit) cable systems tend to relax or break in over time and the turnbuckles would allow for this small amount [quote][b]

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darinh

Joined: 20 Apr 2006
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Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 2:33 pm Post subject: Re: Rudder Cable Adjustment?

Thanks Dan, these should fit just fine in the center console.

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