October 9, 2005

Today, I finally got round to putting the longer bolt in on the throttle quadrant for the friction lock. I’m a bit of a dummy though as I forgot completely to take a pic. I’ll try to remember one for the next update. Duh! I wanted to start figuring out getting the centre console into the plane permanently today, but a lack of suitable hardware prevented play. Needless to say, my order to McMaster-Carr and Aircraft Spruce is on it’s way.

Here, the friction lock is shown in the looser position. The nut limits how loose you can make it too, which is nice as it means the thing won’t come undone.

Here’s the bolt I put in. It’s an AN3-24A, quite a bit longer than original. I’m not sure yet what to do about the washers. I might make a spacer, but I suppose washers should be OK.