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 Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 6:52 am Post subject: Control stick straps |
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I have the Aviation Tech Products control gust lock and it's great for the rudder. The small strap they provide to secure the stick, though, is just not strong enough. I have a heavy-duty elastic velcro strap that I wrap around it several times and that does the job holding the elevator and ailerons at neutral.
Actually, what I'm using is a "Blousing Boot Band" from my BDUs . . . Like these:
http://www.uscav.com/productinfo.aspx?productID=7786&TabID=548
http://www.kellac.com/h/Velcro-Blousing-Straps.html
Works well.
I could never bring myself to use the seatbelt to secure the stick – too many flashbacks to flying the Warrior . . .
Tim
N52KS
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Kelly McMullen
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| Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 11:36 am Post subject: Control stick straps |
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I don't know, but seems to me that it would be preferable to have elevators in full nose down pitch position, rather than neutral. If a headwind comes up, that wants to raise the tail, but it is small in relation to whole aircraft, and pushes the nose down, decreasing angle of attack. If tail wind, it keeps the wind out from under the surfaces. In either case, tending to avoid having the wings want to fly.
On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 7:48 AM, Dawson-Townsend,Timothy <tdawson-townsend(at)aurora.aero (tdawson-townsend(at)aurora.aero)> wrote:
| Quote: | I have the Aviation Tech Products control gust lock and it's great for the rudder. The small strap they provide to secure the stick, though, is just not strong enough. I have a heavy-duty elastic velcro strap that I wrap around it several times and that does the job holding the elevator and ailerons at neutral.
Actually, what I'm using is a "Blousing Boot Band" from my BDUs . . . Like these:
http://www.uscav.com/productinfo.aspx?productID=7786&TabID=548
http://www.kellac.com/h/Velcro-Blousing-Straps.html
Works well.
I could never bring myself to use the seatbelt to secure the stick – too many flashbacks to flying the Warrior . . .
Tim
N52KS
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