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Plan to go out tomorrow and determine my action plan based on all the good
advise received.
Thanks to all.
Ron Hamson

Wayne G. O'Shea wrote:

Thanks Ken! The bulkhead in and out sounds like a good option for Ron as

he

has already drilled out the multi-strap rivets for installation of the
"Ontario" doubler. Since my straps haven't broke and I already have a
doubler, I had planned to leave my straps in. SO Ron fit the new

fittings

and then pull it all out to rivet the FUS84/88 assembly to the Fus-49
bulkhead if you can. Then put it back in. It will go in and out through

the

larger hole in the Fus-31 as I have done that when building new. I'll

figure

out my own plan of attack, but that sounds like it will work for you

Ron.

As for the throttle cable, I strongly suggest to everyone with a
taildragging aircraft to get rid of the vernier throttle and use stricly

a

friction lock. I can guarantee when all hell brakes loose that you will

be

unable to push that button and pull to idle fast enough to save

yourself.

TRUST ME I HAVE BEEN ALONG FOR THE RIDE and my ribs still hurt just

thinking

about it!! Either use the supplied vernier control that MAM is/was

suppling

with FWF packages ONLY after grinding the balls out of the control that
allow it to lock and be turned in and out or buy a friction lock control
cable. If you grind the balls out of the vernier one there is still a
friction control ring on it to add enough friction so it will stay where

you

put it.

I will take a couple of the controls I have in the morning Ken and see

how

tight I can radius them without binding in a 180* direction reversal.

Cheers,
Wayne

----- Original Message -----
From: "klehman" <klehman@albedo.net>
To: <murphy-rebel@dcsol.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 10:38 PM
Subject: throttle cable

Hi

I don't have a throttle cable to play with but I am wondering if it is
practical to bend one 180 degrees with about a 7"radius (14"diameter).

I

discounted this idea originally but got to thinking that some
installations probably have two 90 degree bends and this would be

about

the same thing. This is for a Subaru with the butterfly located close

to

the top center of the firewall which makes routing somewhat

problematic

but straight through the firewall and a 180 back is one possibility.

Since the price is about the same, I was also wondering if a vernier
control is a good idea or if I should stick to a friction lock

control.

thanks and Merry Christmas
Ken

PS. Wayne - if you can mount that bulkhead in the tailcone with

clecos,

you could then perhaps remove it through the fuselage to install the
3/16" rivets before any of the other rivets.

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