> I will go to the hangar this weekend and measure. I may also have a copy o= f the LML bulletin (how we communicated in the 1990's) from the factory whi= ch introduced this modification. If so, I'll scan it and post it. The "elevator weldment" is a two-piece bracket. One attaches to each eleva= tor and they are bolted together, capturing the back end of the aft elevato= r pushrod and ensuring the elevators move in unison. A part of the bracket= hits the stabilizer as the control stop -- one for up deflection and one f= or down deflection. There should be pieces of phenolic bonded to the top a= nd bottom of the stabilizer. Yes, it is steel. - Rob Wolf ----------MB_8CEC9CE243BF6C7_840_27879_webmail-d045.sysops.aol.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"

<<I think all us new flyers could use the exact measurement from= the hinge point to the attach hole. Also what is this bracket made from?&n= bsp; steel ?>>

I will go to the hangar this weekend and measure. I may also hav= e a copy of the LML bulletin (how we communicated in the 1990's) from the f= actory which introduced this modification. If so, I'll scan it and po= st it.

The "elevator weldment" is a two-piece bracket. One attaches to = each elevator and they are bolted together, capturing the back end of the a= ft elevator pushrod and ensuring the elevators move in unison. A part= of the bracket hits the stabilizer as the control stop -- one for up defle= ction and one for down deflection. There should be pieces of phenolic= bonded to the top and bottom of the stabilizer. Yes, it is steel.

- Rob Wolf

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