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Re: Control Stick is loose

Postby Sonex1517 » Wed Mar 28, 2018 7:16 pm

racaldwell wrote:For a new installation on my mixer, I am going to use #1 taper pins. What length is needed?

I am not near the parts until the end of the week or I would measure them.

TIA,
Rick
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Rick - see if this helps. Eric Seber wrote it up. I used taper pins in my Sonex and have been happy with the results.

http://www.sonexfoundation.com/uploads/ ... lation.pdf

Somewhere out in Sonexland is the reamer available for loan....
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Re: Control Stick is loose

Postby Bryan Cotton » Wed Mar 28, 2018 7:36 pm

Last I saw, Bill Volcko had it.
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Re: Control Stick is loose

Postby bvolcko38 » Thu Mar 29, 2018 10:56 am

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Re: Control Stick is loose

Postby racaldwell » Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:04 am

I started to ruin my tailspring mount yesterday installing a #2 taper pin. This is to replace the AN4 bolt the plans call out. I was reaming the hole with a #1 taper pin reamer by hand. I noticed even with the mount in a vice that my hand twisting movement allowed the reamer to take more material from the steel tube than the titanium rod. I was wallowing out the top hole in the tube and soon would have created another part for my scrap pile. I stopped and jigged the tailspring mount in my mini-mill. This worked great by keeping down pressure on the reamer while turning with no unintentional side movement. Results were great Here are a couple of pictures.

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Tailspring taper pin completed
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Re: Control Stick is loose

Postby pgerhardt » Wed Jun 06, 2018 8:08 pm

When the taper pin is fitted correctly, I cut off the excess with a Dremel tool and cut off wheel.
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Re: Control Stick is loose

Postby Wood » Fri Aug 04, 2023 7:58 pm

Sonex1517 wrote:Eric Seber documented this process here:

http://www.sonexfoundation.com/uploads/Seber_Taper_Pin_Installation.pdf

Somewhere in the community is a taper pin reamer available as a loaner - last I knew it was in the hands of Bryan Cotton, but I think he loaned it to someone.



Does anyone have the new link to this document or the PDF they can post. Keep getting document can’t be found.

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Re: Control Stick is loose

Postby gammaxy » Sun Aug 06, 2023 1:31 am

Does anyone have the new link to this document or the PDF they can post. Keep getting document can’t be found.

I found a copy on the "Wayback Machine" at:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200110043 ... lation.pdf
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Re: Control Stick is loose

Postby Wood » Sun Aug 06, 2023 9:19 am

gammaxy wrote:
Does anyone have the new link to this document or the PDF they can post. Keep getting document can’t be found.

I found a copy on the "Wayback Machine" at:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200110043 ... lation.pdf


Thanks for this. Appreciate you taking the time.

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