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From: "Rob Murawski" <rob@robmurawski.com>
Subject: [LNC2] Mistake fixing advice--control sticks
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I put this one in the category of "if I knew then, what I know now..."

I've learned my lesson to keep test fitting things well before I need them.
I have been mounting my cockpit close-out ribs on my 360 Super Fast Build.
In the process, I wanted to see where the aileron pushrods would come into
contact with the ribs, especially well before I drill any holes for them.
Well, back in chapter 2, they had me drill the holes for the stick
attachment. (Back before I learned my lessons)  I'm really close on the
measurements that they give, but I'm slightly foreword and slightly down
(maybe 1/8").  In any case, it's too much for the control stick bracket to
fit on properly and have a normal range of travel for the elevator.  I did
get the holes to line up nicely, though!  I just didn't realize exactly how
these phenolic blocks were used.

So the way I see it, I have a few options to fix this, but I'd like the
opinions of the collective group:

1) I could sand the phenolic blocks down a bit until the stick attachment
fits. This would put my stick about 1/8" lower and about 1/8" more foreword
than standard--Not sure if this would affect the connection to the aileron
idler arm. (I imagine it would)

2) I could flox the holes I drilled in and try again.  I'm concerned that
the flox might wear differently than the phenolic with this being a pivot
point.

3) If I really had to, I could cut out these phenolic blocks, cut new ones,
and glass the new ones in.  I'd hate to do this, especially with them being
mounted right on the spar.

I'm thinking that #2 would be my best solution if there isn't too much
concern about that wearing differently.

Also, as a weird aside, I see they mention using AN4-21 bolts to connect the
actual stick to the control stick bracket, but the parts list for my kit
shows only 1 AN4-21 bolt included in the hardware kit.  The AN4-21 looks
like the right size, too, but why was only one included? Did I misread the
drawing and it should be a different bolt?

Their drawing is really poor at showing which direction the control stick
bolts in.

Thanks for any advice!

-Rob