My latest crazy idea Rebel/Moose

[Jesse Jenks]

I can hear Bob P already saying "leave it alone, it works fine the way it
is". Ok here goes anyway. Regarding the Rebel flaperon mixing, it has never
seemed like the most elegant solution to me. While looking at pictures of
Moose on Scott Aldrichs' site, I had the thought that the flap/aileron
mixing system on the Moose is a bit more refined. It gave me the idea that
you could use some Moose parts and make a better mousetrap, er... Moosetrap?
Anyway, here it is: run cables from the control column up to the ceiling a
la Moose. Use the Moose flap/aileron mixer, turned around to face forward
with a short linkage forward to the flap handle. Use the Rebel flaperon
bellcrank to maintain the geometry, with pushrods back to Moose aileron
torque tubes. These would exit the cabin about mid chord, with pushrods back
to the flaperon torque tubes. The flaperon torque tube horns would need to
be replaced or modified to end up 90* from their current position, and be
shortened. Of course the devil is in the details, but it sounds pretty cool
to me.
Why? you ask. 1)Keep controls out of the baggage/jumpseat area. 2)Get rid of
the Teleflex cable. 3) Eliminate the rather crude (IMO) method of bolting
two control horns together at the wing root and forcing them to flex to
accommodate for the dihedral angle. 4)Not having to wait until the wings are
on to finish the cabin flight control installation ie locating the torque
tubes.
Any comments appreciated. You Moose guys as well. I am interested in how
well the flap/aileron mixer works in the Moose. I will need part #s too if
it goes that far.
Thanks.
Jesse





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