Original Posted By: "Dick Navratil"
Subject: Pietenpol-List: was - elevator cable routing under the rear seat - TailwheelCablesIn a message dated 8/4/2006 10:25:36 AM Central Standard Time, horzpool(at)goldengate.net writes:My rudder cables pass under the seat and run thru the pulleys. After that they join with the tailwheel cable with nicropress fittings. I had set the rudder 10 degrees off to the right to counter the prop force. My plane has had a tendency to suddenly veer off to the left on the takeoff run shortly after the tail came up. This has lead to a couple of aboarted takeoffs, luckily with no damage. The conclusion I have reached is that the tension on the tail wheel releases as it leaves the ground changing the rudder position causing the plane to suddenly veer off if I'm not anticipating it. I am re rigging the cables, running seperate cables from the bar.Dick N. Dick,That's the way I set mine up, too. I used 1/16" cables from the tailwheel, all the way up to the rudder bar, with the rudder set to 0=BA, tailwheel set to 0=BA, and the rudder bar at neutral. It has worked very well, except that because of my 3 1/2" tailwheel, in tall grass I have to drag a brake to get it to turn around in the width of the grass runway. Sometimes I like to be stopped, put in about 1200 or 1300 rpm, stick well forward and stand on one brake to make the tail come off the ground, and just pivot around on one wheel, like someone picked it up and carried it around. Gotta be careful not to let the weight of the tail come back down on the tailwheel while still going through the sideways motion.Chuck G.NX770CG________________________________________________________________________________