Control Freak

One last day to play with the controls before getting back to riveting the skins.  We decided to install the control sticks and elevator controls to see how everything lays out for future reference.

Here is the front stick.

And a close up of the bottom.  The front bracket bolts in so it can be removed if you need to take the long torque tube out.

The rear control stick which is connected to the front stick and the aft bellcrank.

The long black tube under the interconnecting aluminum (shiny) tube is the aileron torque tube.

The connecting tubes looking forward through the landing gear bulkhead.  The oval bit with the two holes at the top is where the aileron control cables will attach.

The aft bellcrank.  This is just behind the baggage compartment.

Those are the rudder cables near the bottom of the fuselage.  This is the area where a servo would be mounted if an autopilot were installed.  The rudder cables make this a little tight but I believe I can come up with a shelf to mount one if I so choose.

Finally the rear bellcrank (looking forward) with the cables attached.  This will translate the fore and aft motion of the sticks to up and down motion to control the elevator.  I have not made that tube yet.

We have taken all of this back out now and will resume attaching skins.

Happy Fourth of July!!