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1. 04:37 AM - Re: flaps (Patrick Thyssen)
2. 07:12 AM - Re: rudder pedal extensions (Alan Mekler)
3. 07:41 AM - Re: rudder pedal extensions (Tim Olson)
4. 10:47 AM - Re: rudder pedal extensions (Alan Mekler MD)
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I finally got around to fixing my flaps. I found it was in the Show planes
flap positioning system. Apparently my jack screw rod end bearing- could
turn enough to wear on the micro switches. I took off the system from the j
ack screw and flaps work just fine so I called and sent the position system
back to show planes and they went through it and replaced the micro switch
es and sent some counter sunk washers to put in and that seems to have fixe
d the problems.
--- On Tue, 1/11/11, Robert Brunkenhoefer <robertbrunk@me.com> wrote:
From: Robert Brunkenhoefer <robertbrunk@me.com>
Subject: Re: RV10-List: flaps
I have flaps that do not go all the way up after reaching 1st flap position
whwe they have been down while in flight and on the ground. 350+hrs.-
Robert BrunkenhoeferSent from my Apple iPad
On Jan 11, 2011, at 6:48 PM, DLM <dlm34077@q.com> wrote:
=0A=0AMine have 370 hours with no problem; I do not use =0Athe flap positio
ning system.=0A=0A ----- Original Message ----- =0A From: =0A Patrick
=0A Thyssen =0A To: rv10-list@matronics.com =0A Sent: Tuesday, January 1
1, 2011 5:28 =0A PM=0A Subject: RV10-List: flaps=0A
=0A =0A =0A =0A There are two of us that are around 300 hrs and
now the =0A flaps have been not wanting to come all the way up. If
you give them a =0A little- help by pushing up on them or by takin
g off where there is =0A air pressure on them, they come up. My budd
y has looked in his tunnel =0A and does not see anything wrong. Wond
ering if anybody else has had this =0A problem. I'll- be taking-
mine apart in another week or so to =0A find out what is going on,
wondering, if this is a know problem with the =0A flap motor or the
gears.
They come up to around the half way or first =0A flap setting with n
o problem and then stop, and going down there is no =0A problem just
coming up.
Patrick Thyssen
N15PT
281-655-9363 =0A
href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV10-List">http://www.matronics.
com/Navigator?RV10-List
href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com
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| Subject: | rudder pedal extensions |
Tim,
We made these out of =BC inch Aluminum. They are pretty heavy. Lightened
them
up with holes. They extend about 4 inches. My wife couldn=92t keep het
feet on
the floor and move the pedals so we welded an extension on. No
interference
with the brakes. Working on a few modifications to allow easier mounting
and
better cosmetics but they work.
Alan
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From: owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Tim Olson
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: RV10-List: rudder pedal extensions
http://www.myrv10.com/N104CD/upgrades/20090503/index.html
These are really crude and could be refined well with some effort. I
painted them and have left them in almost all the time for I guess 1.5
years
now. They don't interfere with the brakes but that's because I built
them
in such a way that they wouldn't. They basically only touch the pedal
surface...not anything else.
I still have to pull them and drill some lightening holes some day, and
maybe fill some gaps with wood putty for cosmetics.
Tim
On Jan 2, 2011, at 7:41 AM, "Alan Mekler" <amekler@metrocast.net> wrote:
Does anyone make a rudder pedal extension? My wife is only 5 feet tall
and
can=92t reach the pedals. I tried making a 4inch extension but it
interfered
with the brakes.
Alan
N668G
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| Subject: | Re: rudder pedal extensions |
Hi Alan,
That basically looks like what I did but I did it in wood. I haven't yet li
ghtened them but i think done right they could be made fairly light. Would b
e interesting to use carbon fiber but actually i think being a little heavie
r is probably a good thing to some extent...at least on the bottom half belo
w the bar. Mine remove with two bolts in only a minute or so. No interfere
nce with anything. I've left them on for a year or more now. I plan to sp
iffy them up a bit soon, and lighten them a little and maybe add anti-skid t
ape to the bottom lip. They do make it work ok for the wife...so I'm happy.
Tim
On Feb 21, 2011, at 9:08 AM, "Alan Mekler" <amekler@metrocast.net> wrote:
> Tim,
> We made these out of =C2=BC inch Aluminum. They are pretty heavy. Lightene
d them up with holes. They extend about 4 inches. My wife couldn=99t k
eep het feet on the floor and move the pedals so we welded an extension on. N
o interference with the brakes. Working on a few modifications to allow easi
er mounting and better cosmetics but they work.
>
> Alan
>
> From: owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server@
matronics.com] On Behalf Of Tim Olson
> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 9:13 AM
> To: rv10-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Re: RV10-List: rudder pedal extensions
>
>
> http://www.myrv10.com/N104CD/upgrades/20090503/index.html
>
> These are really crude and could be refined well with some effort. I pain
ted them and have left them in almost all the time for I guess 1.5 years now
. They don't interfere with the brakes but that's because I built them in s
uch a way that they wouldn't. They basically only touch the pedal surface...
not anything else.
> I still have to pull them and drill some lightening holes some day, and ma
ybe fill some gaps with wood putty for cosmetics.
> Tim
>
>
> On Jan 2, 2011, at 7:41 AM, "Alan Mekler" <amekler@metrocast.net> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone make a rudder pedal extension? My wife is only 5 feet tall an
d can=99t reach the pedals. I tried making a 4inch extension but it in
terfered with the brakes.
>> Alan
>> N668G
>>
>>
>>
>
> <rudder pedal extensions.JPG>
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| Subject: | Re: rudder pedal extensions |
Yes keeping the wife happy is important.
Now I have to get her a seat cushion.
Alan
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 21, 2011, at 10:37 AM, Tim Olson <Tim@myrv10.com> wrote:
> Hi Alan,
> That basically looks like what I did but I did it in wood. I haven't yet l
ightened them but i think done right they could be made fairly light. Would
be interesting to use carbon fiber but actually i think being a little heav
ier is probably a good thing to some extent...at least on the bottom half be
low the bar. Mine remove with two bolts in only a minute or so. No interfe
rence with anything. I've left them on for a year or more now. I plan to s
piffy them up a bit soon, and lighten them a little and maybe add anti-skid t
ape to the bottom lip. They do make it work ok for the wife...so I'm happy.
> Tim
>
>
>
> On Feb 21, 2011, at 9:08 AM, "Alan Mekler" <amekler@metrocast.net> wrote:
>
>> Tim,
>> We made these out of =C2=BC inch Aluminum. They are pretty heavy. Lighten
ed them up with holes. They extend about 4 inches. My wife couldn=99t k
eep het feet on the floor and move the pedals so we welded an extension on. N
o interference with the brakes. Working on a few modifications to allow easi
er mounting and better cosmetics but they work.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> From: owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server
@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Tim Olson
>> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 9:13 AM
>> To: rv10-list@matronics.com
>> Subject: Re: RV10-List: rudder pedal extensions
>>
>>
>> http://www.myrv10.com/N104CD/upgrades/20090503/index.html
>>
>> These are really crude and could be refined well with some effort. I pai
nted them and have left them in almost all the time for I guess 1.5 years no
w. They don't interfere with the brakes but that's because I built them in s
uch a way that they wouldn't. They basically only touch the pedal surface...
not anything else.
>> I still have to pull them and drill some lightening holes some day, and m
aybe fill some gaps with wood putty for cosmetics.
>> Tim
>>
>>
>> On Jan 2, 2011, at 7:41 AM, "Alan Mekler" <amekler@metrocast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone make a rudder pedal extension? My wife is only 5 feet tall a
nd can=99t reach the pedals. I tried making a 4inch extension but it i
nterfered with the brakes.
>>> Alan
>>> N668G
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> <rudder pedal extensions.JPG>
>
>
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