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Steve adds a small doubler to the factory part, which adds a bit of extra
metal thickness to the first two rivets and which should reduce the likelihood of it happening again. He can do this without a Factory Mod or Field 337? adding metal to the bracket? I know he can change the part. BT |
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In your 235 you can slide the passenger seat up to about the 2nd to
closest position and then fold the seat back forward and lean it up against the yoke. Play with the seat position and you will find the one that looks like it was designed to do this. Been doing this for about 6 years w/o any problems. Before we got the seats re-done in leather, that worked pretty well. Now, they're too "tight" or something -- they won't stay leaned forward against the yoke. We've tinkered with leaning the seat forward, and buckling the seat belt behind it, but finally said "to heck with it" and went to lunch... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:03:52 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote: In your 235 you can slide the passenger seat up to about the 2nd to closest position and then fold the seat back forward and lean it up against the yoke. Play with the seat position and you will find the one that looks like it was designed to do this. Been doing this for about 6 years w/o any problems. Before we got the seats re-done in leather, that worked pretty well. Now, they're too "tight" or something -- they won't stay leaned forward against the yoke. We've tinkered with leaning the seat forward, and buckling the seat belt behind it, but finally said "to heck with it" and went to lunch... Well, it was worth a shot. Maybe eventually the seats will wear in. z |
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I got one of the locks made by
"Airplane Things" (they advertise in Piper Cherokee group magazine) Do they have a website? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Yes....
Try..... http://www.airplanethings.com/ Cannot order on line, but can DL a PDF order form.. I'm impatient, so I called them, they shipped same day. Good quality, works as advertised. Holds Ailerons neutral, Stabilator full down. Dave Hadda call them (toll free) On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 20:49:20 GMT, "Jay Honeck" wrote: I got one of the locks made by "Airplane Things" (they advertise in Piper Cherokee group magazine) Do they have a website? |
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Try.....
http://www.airplanethings.com/ Boy, there's not much too it. Looks like something we could make, no? (Mary's already made custom-fitted nose-blankets from cheap sleeping bags and velcro that are better than anything I've seen. Cost: $18 plus labor. And we made a set of our own window reflectors from a roll of silver air-bubble insulation that are as good as anything I've seen. Cost: $10, plus labor.) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Agreed...
But by the time I scrounged up the stuff needed, and measured etc. etc... The price is modest, and it is high quality and works /looks great.. Cheers! Nice product.. IMHO Dave On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 04:44:38 GMT, "Jay Honeck" wrote: Try..... http://www.airplanethings.com/ Boy, there's not much too it. Looks like something we could make, no? (Mary's already made custom-fitted nose-blankets from cheap sleeping bags and velcro that are better than anything I've seen. Cost: $18 plus labor. And we made a set of our own window reflectors from a roll of silver air-bubble insulation that are as good as anything I've seen. Cost: $10, plus labor.) |
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I didn't ask about how he can do this without some sort of approval. I was
actually more interested in whether or not this extra metal will transfer the weakest point to the rib from the bracket. Ribs are a lot more difficult to replace. OTOH, it took 32 years and over 6,000 hours for the crack to develop in the bracket, so it doesn't seem to be a major problem. -- Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways) "BTIZ" wrote in message news:aMSGf.57101$V.35747@fed1read04... Steve adds a small doubler to the factory part, which adds a bit of extra metal thickness to the first two rivets and which should reduce the likelihood of it happening again. He can do this without a Factory Mod or Field 337? adding metal to the bracket? I know he can change the part. BT |
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Jay Honeck wrote:
Just curious -- what kind of "gust lock" do you use on your Cherokee? $1.50 pin with a big ring on one end (Lowes). Big "Remove Before Flight" banner attached. Works like a charm. Then again, the control column and plastic housing have a hole drilled through them (like the typical Brand-C plane). I've heard that some Pipers had a similar gust lock as Brand-C but I've never seen one. The strap that holds both yokes together and snaps to the throttle quadrant seems to work ok (used one on a rental Archer before we bought the Arrow). More play in the controls than I'd like but I'd use one of them as opposed to the seat belt trick -- Jack Allison PP-ASEL-IA Student Arrow N2104T "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return" - Leonardo Da Vinci (Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail) |
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