JackinMichigan
Well Known Member
We have a small amount of play in both our control sticks in the fore/aft direction. It isn't much, maybe 1/4" at the grips, and it's consistent for both pilot and copilot. I was told by one experienced pilot that this play was going to screw with me over time and it needs to be tightened up.
I tracked the problem down to the fit between the brass bushing that goes between the base of the sticks and the bar that connects the sticks to the elevator pushrod. There is a slight amount of play between the OD of the bushing and the ID of the welded-on steel tube at the base of the stick. Without having a new custom-fitted and machined bushing made I cannot see an immediate solution to the problem.
Is this play just a feature of RV-10s? Should I tighten it up somehow?
I tracked the problem down to the fit between the brass bushing that goes between the base of the sticks and the bar that connects the sticks to the elevator pushrod. There is a slight amount of play between the OD of the bushing and the ID of the welded-on steel tube at the base of the stick. Without having a new custom-fitted and machined bushing made I cannot see an immediate solution to the problem.
Is this play just a feature of RV-10s? Should I tighten it up somehow?