---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 11/24/19: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 11:40 AM - throttle setup (taildrags) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 11:40:05 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: throttle setup From: "taildrags" G'day, Pietenpolers; In an effort to get a Piet thread bumped to the top of the topics list instead of the annual list support threads (I already made my annual contribution to Matronics, thank you Matt), I'm throwing out a general question about throttle setups. I don't like the setup on my airplane and am going to start from scratch. To describe what I have, it's a Bowden cable running from the rear cockpit to the carb. In the front cockpit, a wooden sewing thread bobbin with the edges rounded off has been slipped over the center wire with bug nuts clamping each side of it to the center wire to let the front cockpit occupant slide it back and forth to work the throttle. The setup looks pretty cheesy, but since it's tucked in pretty tight under the top edge of the cockpit, I've never had a passenger snag it or bump it while getting in or out. Other than that, not much else good about it. In the rear cockpit, a simple flat aluminum lever with the pivot point at the bottom and a round knob up near the top coaming works the throttle. It's pretty cheesy too, but what I like is that I can rest my left hand on the coaming and use my fingertips to work the throttle. It's very stable and easy to make small changes in engine power that way, especially on a bumpy afternoon. Since the knob is up near the coaming rather than down further, I can also reach in and work the throttle very easily from outside the cockpit while prop-starting. It also has enough friction and drag in the cables and lever where I can set throttle in cruise and rarely have it back off or creep off of the RPM that I want. So what I'm looking for are pix or ideas on how you set up your throttle(s). I've looked through some of the setups in Westcoastpiet. I've already decided to link the front and rear throttles with a rod rather than with the Bowden cable, but other than that, I'm open to ideas. The builder routed the throttle cable inside the cockpit, not outside between the plywood and fabric, so I can get to all of it if I choose to. Thanks. Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR -------- Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR Air Camper NX41CC "Scout" A75 power, 72x36 Culver prop Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=493401#493401 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message pietenpol-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Pietenpol-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/pietenpol-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/pietenpol-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.