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All,
Working WIX-C08, sport trainer controls. For the flap and brake levers, did you guys put in the optional finger grooves? Any thoughts on what you did and what you like?

Bryan, I bought some of the black grips and the red grips Sonex uses on their planes from McMaster Carr. They came in a set of ten each. I have several of each left over. Send me you address via PM and I will send you a black one and a red one, if you like. The soft grips are much better than gripping the raw aluminum.

Jake

I have the standard left hand controls,
I did do the optional finger groves, easy to do wit a dermel tool.
I like the feel of the levers with the grooves.

rizzz wrote:I have the standard left hand controls,
I did do the optional finger groves, easy to do wit a dremel tool.
I like the feel of the levers with the grooves.

I did the same thing, and then covered the grip with Plasti Dip from Harbor Freight. Comes in several colors.
http://www.harborfreight.com/14-1-2-hal ... -2779.html
Flap handle is red, brake handle is black:
http://www.mykitlog.com/users/display_l ... 9854&row=1

Thanks for the offer Jake, that is very kind! Michael and Mike, thanks for sharing your thoughts too. I like the finger groove idea as it suits my minimalist personality. I made some prototypes up out of scrap Luann ply, probably spent as much time in the setup as you guys took to have at both pieces with the dremel!

SonexN76ET wrote:Bryan, I bought some of the black grips and the red grips Sonex uses on their planes from McMaster Carr. They came in a set of ten each. I have several of each left over. Send me you address via PM and I will send you a black one and a red one, if you like. The soft grips are much better than gripping the raw aluminum.

Jake

Jake, if you would consider departing with two more grips I would gladly reimburse you. I started on the fuselage this week.

I figured out 2 things:
1) The pitch of the grooves should equal the pitch of your fingers
2) The diameter of the holesaw should equal the diameter of your fingers

Nice consistent grooves:


All smoothed out:


Now between page C07 and the supplemental hydraulic brake drawing I just have to figure out how to make the rest of it.

[quote="Darick"[/quote]

Jake, if you would consider departing with two more grips I would gladly reimburse you. I started on the fuselage this week.[/quote]

Darick, just let me know where you want them sent. You can send me a PM here on the site with the address.

Jake

Looks good Brian. I then dipped mine in plasti-dip (different color for each handle, several applications) to give them a rubbery grip.