John,
Mine is the same. It appears to be a compromise because the tail wheel
cables are out of line in the opposite direction. If you altered yours I
think you would have a bigger problem with the tail wheel.
Brian Davies
Kit 454, painting in progress.
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From: <TELEDYNMCS@aol.com>
Subject: Europa-List: Rudder Horn Misalignment
>
> Greetings all,
>
> I've started the task of installing my sternpost and I've noticed what I
> believe is a gross error in the alignment of the rudder horn.
>
> I cut the base of the rudder exactly as it is shown in Chapter 2, exactly
90
> degrees to the hinge pin line, and installed the nut plate and rudder horn
> exactly as the instructions show. The upper and lower fuselage moldings at
the
> trailing edge are cut exactly on the cut line shown. Holding the rudder up
to
> the sternpost and sighting the alignment of the rudder horn shows it is a
good
> 25 degrees out of line with the starboard rudder cable as it exits the
fuselage
> side and similarly out of line with the fuselage seam (level line). This
> cannot possibly be right. Attaching the rudder cable to the horn in the
fashion
> shown using a bolt would put a side load on the cable thimble anytime the
rudder
> moves and almost certainly would cause the cable to fail with repeated
use. I
> followed the manual sequentially, so when the nutplate and rudder horn
were
> mounted I wasn't far enough along with the fuselage to verify the angle.
If I
> had waited until I was ready to install the sternpost to check the angle
I'm
> pretty sure I would have caught this because the angle is so off.
>
> I can fix the problem, but it's going to take sawing off the nutplate,
> adjusting the angle of the bottom of the rudder to match the cable line,
and then
> re-installing the nutplate. I figure this is at least 10 hours additional
work
> minimum.
>
> Has anybody else run into this? Am I missing an update somewhere that
shows a
> different procedure? I can't see this working at all as is.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Lawton
> Dunlap, TN
> A-245 (Scratching my head once again)
>
>
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