Sidney, My KR2 is set up with a center stick and push-pull tube going to the aft side of the rear spar and cables from there to the elevator. It has aluminum push-pull tubes to the ailerons, works very well. I'll try and get some pictures in the next few days if anyone would like to see them. Rick Wilson. --- "Wood, Sidney M." <smw...@titan.com> wrote: > Steve, > I put a complete cable control system in my KR-2 per > the RR plans. I did not like the plain bolt hinges > at the aft spar bell cranks, so I put in aeliron > bearing hinges. The right-angle brackets at the aft > and forward spars were sort of wimpy, but were okay > for the 40 lb-tension cable system. RR offered a > push rod for the elevator connection under the seat; > I put that in and it was off to the races. I took > out all the cables, pulleys and attach brackets. I > bent 6061 sheet to form triangular attach brackets, > made 90-degree bell cranks with aeliron bearings for > the forward spar, a counter-weight bell crank idler > to balance the elevator, and six additional control > tubes. I retained the original center control stick > and rudder cables. N6242 shed 6 lbs in the process, > mostly substituting aluminum for five brass > turnbuckles, safety wire, associated hardware plus > steel cables. > I don't have a website to show you pictures, but I > would be glad to discuss it off-line. Don't have > any flight results yet, maybe in a year or so. Were > I to do that again, I would put the forward spar > bellcranks inboard under the seat and run the > control tube diagonally through the stub wing to the > aft spar bellcrank mounted on the front of the aft > spar. The 90-degree bellcranks would need > modification to account for the diagonal control > tube angle through the stub wing. > Sid Wood, KR-2 N6242 > sidney.w...@titan.com > > > -----Original Message----- > Any one got a web page out there on a design of > using tubes instead of the cable system? > > Steve McGee > Endeavor Wi. USA > Building a KR2S widened. > lmc...@maqs.net > > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at > http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > <http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html> > > >
> ATTACHMENT part 2 application/ms-tnef name=winmail.dat > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at > http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > ===== Rick Wilson, Haleyville, Alabama KR2-0200A -99% rwdw2...@yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 http://search.yahoo.com/top2003
