Category: Controls

Having nice wooden flight sticks, my wife also wanted an appropriate improved (better looking) flap handle. With the support of a friend in “wood business” I fabricated the wooden flap …

After the brakes were filled with fluid, I tested them. I put pressure on it and checked every connection. No leak occured. The parking brake is working well. Even after …

  Filling the brakes with hydraulic fluid was a job I often thought of. Having done this never before, some consideration was made how to perform it. In the end …

  The manual says to insert the pedal return springs into a hole at the side of the motor mount. I did this first, but was absolutely unhappy with this. …

  We installed a parking brake in the Rebel. There is a very good description available online from Roee Kalinsky (http://www.kalinskyconsulting.com/rvproj/parkingbrake.htm). I copied this design with some modifications.

I decided to go with 4 brake cylinders. A lot of alignment work to get the pedals totally aligned. Although prepared before I had to wait for this step until …

  These pictures show the simple mechanism Murphy uses to fix the flap positions. Just an AN4 bolt which fits into a hole. Just pull the handle towards the pilot …

        Some gussets to reinforce the connection of the flap rib.      

  It took me some time to find out the best way to route the teleflex cable. I wanted to make sure that my head has enough clearance at the …

  Picture shows the teleflex retainer at the flap rib, self fabricated from 0.125 Aluminum. You can also see the flap handle with the AN4 bolt for fixing.

The picture shows the flap handle design. I decided to go for a slightly modified standard flap handle . The handle has a modified “hockey stick” design, to keep it …

These fairings are also from 0.020 and protect the exit of the elevator P/P tubes.

These fairings protect the rudder cable exit holes in the fuselage. I fabricated them from 0.020.  

Elevator cables are installed. I used BB-128 (ACS) pulleys at the front.      

    With the posterboard model of the console we checked the ergonomics. A simple throttle quadrant model was installed as well, so the tests could start. We are very …

  We decided to build a center console for the Rebel. Thus we can install a throttle quadrant for the motor. The pictures show the model, built from paperboard.  

  I decided to install pulleys at the front and back of the forward fuselage. The angle of the cable is changed by more than 3 degrees, so I prefer …

  The hanger is finally fixed. The tubes will be installed later, just before the wings are installed. Other than the instructions in the manual I fixed the hanger with …

  The space between the tube (CC-50 to the mixer) was not enough. When pulling the mixer arm in the highest possible position, the tube touched the bell crank brace. …

  I didn’t like the suggested method in the manual how to connect the tube coming from the control column to the bell crank. The manual suggested to leave off …

  This is a detailed view of the connection of the two control sticks. This looks very easy but it is a very tedious job to put the spacers inside …

  To make sure I do not have interference with the rudder cables, I finally painted and installed the aileron controls. One detail of this are the very simple but …

Finding the best way through the fuselage for the rudder cables is a time consuming job. Lots of climbing in and out into the fuselage. I found this installation keeps …

    I did the fuselage exit hole for the elevator push pull tubes this weekend. This was a tedious work. Filing and filing the hole until I get the …

    This is the first (and probably only) time where normal rivets are used on the Rebel. It was really fun to hammer these down. But nevertheless I am …