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PSPRV6A(at)aol.com
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:40 pm Post subject: Aluminum control stick option

I lightened the passenger side steel contol stick about 35% by tapering the OD with a lathe.  Easy to do in my shop with a good lathe, I would not trust it to anyone else!  A way to save a number of ounces.  

     You don't have to be crazy to be an engineer, but it does help!

                                              Bulding RV6A with son Eric, done soon.  Paul S. Petersen

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Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:35 am Post subject: Aluminum control stick option

Aluminum substitution sounds easier 



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On 8/17/06, PSPRV6A(at)aol.com <PSPRV6A(at)aol.com> wrote:

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     I lightened the passenger side steel contol stick about 35% by tapering

 the OD with a lathe.  Easy to do in my shop with a good lathe, I would not

 trust it to anyone else!  A way to save a number of ounces.

     You don't have to be crazy to be an engineer, but it does help!

                                              Bulding RV6A

 with son Eric, done soon.  Paul S. Petersen

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