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Ryan Allen
PostPosted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:55 pm 
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how do you secure a throttle quadrant to the airframe? I'm thinking about putting in a throttle quadrant, but the only way I can think of securing it (without drilling holes in the longeron) would be to make some sort of cantilevered connection to the panel.


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mgon
PostPosted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:22 pm 
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Its not a quadrant, but this has worked out for me.

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Ryan Allen
PostPosted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 6:16 am 
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I thought about doing that, but I wanted to try and not drill any new holes in the airframe. I do like to the look of it though.


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PostPosted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 7:11 am 
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I drilled two #10 holes in the longeron. Has worked for 2700 hours.

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Bill Williams
PostPosted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 7:24 am 
Two #10 holes in the longeron and a short piece of angle to bolt the quadrant-1300 hours


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Ryan Allen
PostPosted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 8:09 am 
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ok, well, I guess I see a trend here. thanks.


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James Grahn
PostPosted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:21 am 
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By the way, you can drill into structural parts of the airframe as long as those holes are properly taken care of. Cleaning, deburring, and riveting would be a proper way to take care of it.
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