{"id":595,"date":"2011-10-08T20:38:50","date_gmt":"2011-10-09T02:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/?p=595"},"modified":"2011-10-09T21:01:20","modified_gmt":"2011-10-10T03:01:20","slug":"6-3-1-assemble-rudder-pedals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/08\/6-3-1-assemble-rudder-pedals\/","title":{"rendered":"6.3.1 Assemble Rudder Pedals"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 7 of 42 in the series 06 - Fuselage<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>

While I had already assembled the rudder pedals before, I did modify the pilot side pedals to add legroom. And the components aren’t all assembled with locking nuts. So now it’s time for the final assembly.<\/p>\n

While I was getting ready to finish the rudder pedals, Malcolm (ever the perfectionist) pointed out something. This is the top of the master cylinder for the co-pilot side, right rudder pedal. It is attached with a long bolt and (right to left) a locking nut, washer, top of master cylinder, three washers and the rudder pedal arm.<\/p>\n

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This is how the manual says how to do it. So it’s right. Right?<\/p>\n

Well that big gap at the top? Not… optimal. And those THREE washers between the arm and master cylinder? A flat surface (washer) up against a curved surface? Again, not optimal.<\/p>\n

So here’s the solution:<\/p>\n

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Custom made spacers that will prevent any binds and keep the ends of the master cylinder from being pinched.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This entry is part 7 of 42 in the series 06 - Fuselage<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>

While I had already assembled the rudder pedals before, I did modify the pilot side pedals to add legroom. And the components aren’t all assembled with locking nuts. So now it’s time for the final assembly. While I was getting … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"series":[30],"class_list":["post-595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8","series-06-fuselage"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":598,"href":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595\/revisions\/598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.velocity-xl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}