Larry: I started askin about this because the plans show things OK but call nothing out leaving a whole lot to be inferred. I have no desire to buy the wrong things not so much because of the cost of the hardware so much as the delay and extra freight.
D. Lively ---------------------------------------------------------------- Larry&Sallie Flesner wrote: > >Larry, > >Don't know if this is how you did it, but there are pics at http://krbuilder > >org/Aileron/AileronLinkage/index.html > >Please explain the wood washer??? > >Daniel R. Heath > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Yes, that's basically how my setup works. I may have used a longer > spacer on the bellcrank in the stub wing to lower the pushrod a > bit more than yours and I used AN3 washers for spacers on the > aileron bellcrank. > > As for the wood washer, see: > http://www.wicksaircraft.com/catalog/product_cat.php/subid=1028/index.html > > The generally accepted practice is to install one of these larger > diameter washers on the outside of a rodend bearing, under the > castle nut or locknut. On close inspection you will notice that if > the bearing fails and comes out of the socket, the outside > housing could slip right over the nut. The larger "wood washer" > will capture the housing in such a failure and will at least not > become totally disconnected. That might allow the system to > function on a limited basis as in a throttle connection or a > control surface movement. I personally have never heard of > such a failure but there must be a reason to have started > that practice. > > Larry Flesner > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
