Flight controls and brake fittings
Decided that I need to work out all my control cable runs and other things that are fixed before I start finalizing things like floor boards and working on avionics trays etc. Re-installed the sticks and started trial fitting the control horn. I will need to trim the pivot tube for length and drill a hole for a cotter pin.
Dug up the flap cable steel “triangle” that connects the flap handle cable to the wing flap cables. I setup the triangle on the drill press and enlarged the holes to AN3. After misunderstanding what the correct assembly looks like, I assembled one AN115 cable shackle and a pair of turnbuckles with shackles. Over all it took 4 different iterations to get everything setup correctly. I am going to install so that castlenuts and cotter pins are facing forward so inspection is easy.
Comfirmed with Virgil that they use AN833-3 90 degree bulhead connections on the gear leg for softline caliper to gear leg attachment. Mistakenly ordere a pair of surplus AN833-2 fittings off ebay because they were so cheap. These things are foing to be tiny. Designed for 1/8 OD tube. Dumb mistake. Have put in order with Spruce for correct fittings along with sleeves and nuts.
Started work about 8am and made it rill noon. Garage fot up to 90 degree.
