On my last KR I drilled a 1/4" hole in the forward and aft spar webs for the nylaflow tube. The rudder cable went through the tube and right under the seat. I put lithium grease on the cable before putting it through the tube. My plan was to keep checking the tube and replace it as soon as it looked like the cable started to wear a groove in it where it bent under the seat. After 45 hours there was no noticeable wear at all.
The cable ran right along the side of the fusalage and was out of the way and looked good. On the 2S I want the cable to run under the aft spar since it is raised some. I might use a pulley on the back side of the forward spar and one mounted off the aft spar or I might just use the nylaflow tube again. I will have to look after I get the spars and rudder pedals in. Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Ron Smith Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 11:22 PM To: KRnet Subject: Re: KR> Question about 5/8 spruce larry flesner <fles...@midwest.net> wrote: >If one were drill through the 5/8 square spruce and epoxy in that hole a steel tube, would that make the piece weaker? >Ron Smith, +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ You didn't say how big the hole was going to be or what part of the structure it is located in. All relevent for meaningful answer. The front vertical stab spar has a hole drilled through the middle for the elevator cable and nothing glued in the hole. I'd need more info to even give you an uneducated answer. Larry Flesner ########## Ron Smith: I was thinking of running the rudder cables through the fusage 5/8 spruce in the cockpit area to make it look better and be less seceptable to damage. A hole big enough for the rudder cable and the nyflow tubing. After the seat it could be attached on the outside. I'm going to skin the inside of the fuselage. Thanks _______________________________________ to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html _______________________________________ to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
