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rhdudley1(at)bellsouth.ne
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Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:24 pm Post subject: Rudder Lock

Gary,

 I've made a rudder lock for my RV-6A after seeing a concept at Sun N Fun a year ago. So, I don't take credit for the idea.  I found a simple and cheap way to make one out of PVC pipe and one "T" fitting. I was planning to give more detail for anyone who might think it useful. Then, I read your post. I've been using my seat belt on the stick for elevator and ailerons. I don't have the rudder lock here to quote the dimensions, but you can get an idea of the concept from the photos. I'll post the rest of the info when I get a chance. You can see that it is very simple and cheap. It merely requires a piece of PVC pipe, a "T" and a union cut to hold the splayed halves of the pipe and come PVC Cement.

 

 Regards,

 

 Richard Dudley

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rv7(at)b4.ca
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Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:22 pm Post subject: Rudder Lock

On 19:22 2007-06-27 Richard Dudley <rhdudley1(at)bellsouth.net> wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   I've made a rudder lock for my RV-6A after seeing a concept at Sun N

 Fun a year ago. So, I don't take credit for the idea.  I found a

 simple and cheap way to make one out of PVC pipe and one "T" fitting.

 I was planning to give more detail for anyone who might think it

 useful. Then, I read your post. I've been using my seat belt on the

 stick for elevator and ailerons. I don't have the rudder lock here to

 quote the dimensions, but you can get an idea of the concept from the

 photos. I'll post the rest of the info when I get a chance. You can

 see that it is very simple and cheap. It merely requires a piece of

 PVC pipe, a "T" and a union cut to hold the splayed halves of the

 pipe and come PVC Cement.


	


Just thinking out loud here, maybe you could make two smaller fittings that

go on either end of the removable passenger stick.  Remove stick, apply

fittings, lock rudder.  The smaller fittings might stow easier.



-Rob

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ronlee(at)pcisys.net
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Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 5:30 am Post subject: Rudder Lock

 	  Quote: 	
		   Just thinking out loud here, maybe you could make two smaller fittings 

 that

 go on either end of the removable passenger stick.  Remove stick, apply

 fittings, lock rudder.  The smaller fittings might stow easier.


	


My view is that the internal gust locks MUST be on the pilots side.  That

way you can't take off with them in place.



Ron Lee

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Bob Collins

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Location: St. Paul, Minnesota

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:02 am Post subject: Re: Rudder Lock

I never say never because I'm human but I've never taxiied out to take off and NOT unfurled a checklist and not followed the "flight controls -- free and correct" part first. Of course, after I go through a checklist, I go through it a second time (without the mag check) to be sure I got everything. Since I've never not done a run-up check,  and since flight controls are the first thing I check (and the last thing I check), that goes a long way to preventing me from making a stupid mistake.



So it leads me to wonder how many pilots aren't doing  run-ups and checking the controls and, if they aren't, why aren't they?



True enough, it only takes one time but under what circumstances would one not do a run-up check before trying to fly?



This situation of taking off with gust locks and rudder locks would be, perhaps, more understandable in a 172 or a Warrior or a spam can with lousy visibility. But an RV? 



Seems to me that for this to happen you not only would have to have NOT done a proper pre-flight, you also wouldn't have done a proper run-up check.

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ronlee(at)pcisys.net
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Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:07 am Post subject: Rudder Lock

 	  Quote: 	
		   My view is that the internal gust locks MUST be on the pilots side.  That

 way you can't take off with them in place.



 Ron Lee


	


Perhaps someone can find the report about the RV pilot who died in a fire

after his plane pitched up after takeoff and crashed.  Reportedly he used

a passenger side seat belt gust lock and was in a hurry to leave the 

airport.



No need to repeat that fatal move folks.



Ron Lee

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rv7(at)b4.ca
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Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:37 am Post subject: Rudder Lock

On 6:28 2007-06-28 "Ron Lee" <ronlee(at)pcisys.net> wrote:

 	  Quote: 	

 >  Just thinking out loud here, maybe you could make two smaller

 >  fittings that

 >  go on either end of the removable passenger stick.  Remove stick,

 >  apply fittings, lock rudder.  The smaller fittings might stow

 easier.

 My view is that the internal gust locks MUST be on the pilots side.

 That way you can't take off with them in place.

I agree, and wasn't meaning to suggest otherwise.  But there's no reason

you couldn't use the passenger stick tube as part of that lock, and save

carrying yet another tube in the airplane.

-Rob

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n616tb(at)btsapps.com
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Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:04 am Post subject: Rudder Lock

It is in Bob's RV Hotline page.



(http://rvhotline.expercraft.com/articles/2007/eaa_court_motion_result.html)



Tim



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