SECTION 38: RUDDER PEDALS & BRAKE SYSTEM

Build Instruction Updates

• 11/15/04 38_10.pdf

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Step 5

• The manual only shows how to install the pedals in the forward position. It is also possible to install the pedals one hole further back to accommodate pilots with shorter legs. One can adjust the seat for and back in the RV-10 but that does not change the distance between the control stick and the pedals. Page 38-10, step 1 shows how to tailor the rudder cable link for the two rudder pedal mounting options which shows it is supported.
• The QuickBuild fuselage might have the holes in the longeron for the Bearing Block Mount Plate F-1039B drilled a little bit off spec which might need adjustment with a round file or match drilling.

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Step 2

• Before inserting the rudder cable consider adding a rudder cable fairing to your build. Avery makes a suitable fairing and is available from e.g. Aircraft Spruce. Draw lines 1 inch above and below the exit hole.
  
  
• It's hard to do all at once. Best to first get just the screw test threaded and backed out. Then capture just the cable with the adel clamp, hold the adel clamp closed with a temporary safety wire or a Hemostat and get the bolt in a few threads deep. Then remove the safety wire or Hemostat and capture and position the cable sleeve. Lastly tighten the bolt.