All that was left on the flap system was to cut up some brass tubing into spacers, and bolt in the flap motor. I also
Flap system done!
Flap system, part 2
Just a short night. I got the flap rods, flap arms, and bearing blocks all bolted in.
Flaps
The flap system is pretty straight forward. It’s just a rod that is rotated by a linear actuator. On each end of the rod is
Finishing up the controls… for now
Today I installed as much of the controls systems as I could at this point. I started by bolting the idler arm in. The instructions
Control work
With all the control parts primed, I started by riveting the end caps into the long control pushrods. Then I screwed in the rod end
Sorry for the delay!
I managed to get a bit behind on updating the blog. Then there were a few days lost to running around trying to get stuff
Finishing fuel lines
The last bit of fuel line work I needed to do was the straight pieces that connect the fittings at the tunnel to the fittings
Pedals bolted in
Today I bolted the rudder pedals into the fuse. This was very straight forward. There is a plastic block on either side that has a
Control Approach Rudder Pedals
Instead of the stock RV10 rudder pedal system that looks like this: I chose to purchase a set of rudder pedals from a company called
Bending tubes
Today was my first real foray into the world of tubing bending. The fuel system in the RV10 uses 3/8 aluminum tubing that needs comes