I have -5 in mine, but I do recall that my kit (107R) originally
came with the -4's and then Murphy sent out an upgrade with
the -5's before I got to that part. I think I still have the -4's
around somewhere.
I checked my slop today, too, and while the bellcrank bends a
little, most of the slop comes from the teleflex cable. I don't
think I get more than about 6* reflex with mine, but with floats,
my speed is about 15 mph slower than on wheels, so it probably
doesn't bend as much as yours, Bruce.
When full flaps, though, I have the cable and mixer arm adjusted
so that the mixer arm is tight against the bottom, which then
takes up the slack in the cable. So with full flaps, I am not
getting too much slop.
I did my flaperon hanger upgrade this weekend. I added a second
channel and boxed it in with caps on the bottom both ahead and
behind the hanger. I still have the roof bracket as well. It
looks pretty solid now. I did take some pics and can post them to
the archives if anyone is interested.
Walter
-----Original Message-----
From:
mike.davis@dcsol.com
[mailto:
mike.davis@dcsol.com]On Behalf Of
Wayne G. O'Shea
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 2:09 PM
To:
murphy-rebel@dcsol.com
Subject: Re: Slop in flapperons
Just to add to the confusion I went back and looked
through the "fleet" in
the hanger.
#068R factory completed 1992 and #155R completed here
1995 (without purchase
of any extras from MAM) have -4 bearings on the
bellcrank beside the control
column and -5's on the mixer arm bellcrank.
#243R (purchased 1993/flying '95) and #097R (which is
an AULA completed in
BC 1998) have 5/16 bearings on both bellcranks.
Wayne
----- Original Message -----
From: <
klehman@albedo.net>
To: <
murphy-rebel@dcsol.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: Slop in flapperons
Well I agree 119R from 1992 is a bit strange! IIRC
the original
bellcranks fit the -4 bearings but the upgraded
bellcranks that I
purchased (many years ago) had larger holes for the
-5 bearings. I made
new ones to fit my -4 bearings but at least I then
had the correct
dimensions and control geometry. The packing list
did show -4 bearings.
Due to the somewhat peculiar packaging, I wondered
if MAM might have got
a deal on a surplus shipment of -4's at the time.
One benefit though was that I was able to swap the
bellcrank and
teleflex mounting holes. My teleflex mounts to the
control arm forward
of bellcrank as per the new manual. That might help
reduce the cable
slop by a couple of per cent. Slightly more cable
movement with slightly
less force on it and such...
Ken
Wayne G. O'Shea wrote:
Strange Ken!
Maybe MAM just shipped the wrong -4 instead of the
correct -5 bearing
with
your kit. Just checked #068R (FOKM) and it's
indeed 5/16 and factory
built
nov '92 and I know that #105R that I shipped to
Maui was also 5/16, as
is
George Christie's #053R from Brampton that I had
up here to rebuild the
lower cabin section etc.
You are right though. As long as it's held tight
and the bearing doesn't
rock it will make absolutely no difference and I
can't see the shear on
the
1/4" bolt being an issue.
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