Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "gcardinal"
Where is the best position for the turnbuckles in the ailerons.Would like to put them in wing center section to enable easy wingremoval, but not much space. They have to be accessed for maintenance,If I put them in the cockpit, the fittings would not go thru the pulleysin the center section during wing removal in the easrly stages.Can't find any info in archivesRegards Graham Hewitt________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: GR Hewitt
On NX18235 the aileron turnbuckles are located in the cockpit. The wings come off infrequently so disassembling the pulleys is not an issue.Greg Cardinal ----- Original Message -----

Original Posted By: Ben Charvet
NX41CC has the aileron turnbuckles in the cockpit as well=2C but Corkyinstalled links in the wings=2C outboard of the centersection attach=2C toallow disconnecting the aileron control cables when the wings areremoved. This feature came in quite handy when I removed the wingsto do the repairs and rebuild on the airplane.There are inspection covers directly below the links (basically the samething as motorcycle links=2C joining the cable ends with thimbles).Slackening the cables by loosening the turnbuckles=2C then disconnectingthe links on both sides and the crossover interconnect cable in thecentersection=2C the ailerons are free and there is no pulling the cable orfittings back through pulleys.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio=2C TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:15:36 -0800 (PST)