A Short Hiatus

There has been a bit of a gap in the work because I got side-tracked by the idea of trading my Cessna 150 for a Piper Pacer project.

After responding to one offer in detail, I decided not only to reject that offer, but to reject the idea.  The big problem is that I would be without a flying airplane for an indefinite amount of time.  That is simply unacceptable.

One piece of very good news is that during the time I was exploring the Pacer possibility, one of the folks on the Wag Builders forum showed me a much better aileron pulley arrangement.  Instead of a small bracket welded to the aileron hinge, he has devised a pulley bracket that shares the top hinge bolt on the front side of the rear spare with aileron hinge.

This is much easier to fabricate and aligns the cable with the actuating horn much better.  These photo are from my friend's shop.  I will fabricate these brackets (I need two) after I complete the last of the aileron hinges.

Pulley Post

OK!  Back to airplane parts.  The photo below is the post that will go on top of one of the aileron hinges to support an aileron pulley bracket.

I have been dreading these parts. There are two of them, one for each wing. I know it doesn't look all that complex, but that angle has to be exactly 10 degrees.  The lower part of the post has not been trimmed to length yet.  It will be about 5/16" long (it is currently about 2-1/4") when finished.

Pretty good looking weld, too.

The bracket welds onto the "upper" end of the angled part. The idea is to mount the pulley at a 10 degree angle so that it clears the hinge.  I will fabricate and install the bracket after I have this post welded onto the hinge.

Getting that weld lined up and held in place will be the next challenge.