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Ivor Phillips

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Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 12:56 am Post subject: Throttle friction - the lack of

Steve

 If you have the normal Europa throttle box, the bottom fulcrum point for 

the throttle lever is adjustable with two nylon washers each side on a 

through bolt with a stiff nut,

Its a tight squeeze but should be doable,



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BEBERRY(at)aol.com
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Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:20 am Post subject: Throttle friction - the lack of

need to stop my throttle from creeping.  Whether on the  ground or in flight 

it wants to advance forward.  Most  of the  throttle related posts that I have 

read are about stiff or sticky throttle  cables.  Mine is just the opposite.



Any suggestions would be  appreciated

 

Nothing to do with the throttle cable Steve - just an adjustment of  the nut 

on the throttle spindle in the throttle box.  I had a bit of  trouble getting 

it right but is fine now.

 

Good Luck.    Patrick

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hurstkr(at)growzone.com.a
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Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 3:34 am Post subject: Throttle friction - the lack of

 	  Quote: 	
		   I need to stop my throttle from creeping.  Whether on the ground or in 

 flight it wants to advance forward.  Most  of the throttle related posts 

 that I have read are about stiff or sticky throttle cables.  Mine is just 

 the opposite.


	


Hello Steve,



Whilst I am not yet flying, I discovered a problem with the friction device 

on the throttle quadrant early in the piece and I am fairly sure others have 

discovered the same problem.



The problem is that the metal washers on the outsides of the nylon washers 

are not positively located and consequently can turn when the friction of 

the nylon faces exceeds that of the nuts against the metal washers.  When 

this happens, the nylon washers do not function as intended.



What I did was make new washers (to replace the metal ones) out of laminate 

(cut out from the access hole in the baggage bay bulkhead) such that they 

are "V" shaped and fit down into the bottom of the throttle box.  This 

positively holds them in position and makes the nylon washers perform as 

they were intended to.  Adjusting the nut on the shaft now produces 

consistent friction.



Hope this helps.



Kingsley

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avo(at)flyingcircus.fswor
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Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 3:43 am Post subject: Throttle friction - the lack of

HI Steve,

           I am almost completed ,and during build got some house door

seal(brush bristles inserted in alluminium!,cut it to length,then made a

frame that fitted throttle slide thereby making a closeing around throttle

run it kinda makes throttlstiffer an no foreign bodies can drop into  slide

, I could get some pic,s to you after I finish daily choresin some houres

time which would give you the gen,

                              Regards,

                                        Arthur.     G-JOST ,Now being

painted 



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ami(at)mcfadyean.freeserv
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Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:13 pm Post subject: Throttle friction - the lack of

My solution to the same problem was to weld the metal backing washers to the 

nuts on the friction pivot.

That way the friction washers do their job. Otherwise they don't and the nut 

turns on the backing washer.



Duncan McF

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