Control Stick is loose

[Sonex1517]

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
Xenos 0057

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....

[Bryan Cotton]

Last I saw, Bill Volcko had it.
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[bvolcko38]

I sent it to Spaceman
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[racaldwell]

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.

Rick
Xenos 0057

[pgerhardt]

When the taper pin is fitted correctly, I cut off the excess with a Dremel tool and cut off wheel.

[Wood]

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.

Thanks

[gammaxy]

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

[Wood]

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.

Mark