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Date:  4-15-2014
Number of Hours:  2.00
Manual Reference:  ch 16
Brief Description:  Aileron Torque tube installation

I've been waiting for this step for a while until I was able to confirm when I would be closing out the bottom of the hell hole. I'm very close to flipping the fuselage over and need this done first. I first read a GREAT article on getting the most out of your long ez aileron roll rate and found some tips that are no where to be found in the plans. The most prominent tip being that, while you can set things up to reach full deflection on the ground, things change in the air. The controls load up which means it actually takes MORE deflection at the stick to reach full deflection of the control surfaces. In fact, up to 10 degrees more!!! that's HUGE. So instead of installing my stick in the typical 5 or10 degrees off center, I did something better. I jumped in the plane, placed my iphones level inclometer on the side of the stick and moved it tall both left and right extreme positions and found that installing the stick about 14 degrees off center allowed me a full 20 degrees of movement side to side. 40 degrees total. This required clearing out the side of the fuselage glass and foam per plans. I also found that I can reach full deflection without contacting either my leg or fuselage sides. After nailing down neutral, I CAREFULLY marked the aileron torque tube bellhorn location and removed it to drill the #10 hole for the AN3-11A bolt. And I actually went a step further and drilled out 2 holes for 2 bolts. My thinking is that IF one bolt were to get lose I would have a backup avoiding the need to get inside that horrible hell hole. After years of use and play I'm sure things may also break in a bit and having 2 bolts will help share the load to keep the play at bay ;)
I won't be permanently installing the bellhorn untill right before I close off the belly of the fuse.
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finding the BEST Neutral.

finding the BEST Neutral.

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Drilling through the torque tubes

Drilling through the torque tubes

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