Elevator Pushrod Guard

Elevator Pushrod Guard

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 3:21 pm

by sonex1374

With time on my hands these past couple weeks, I finally got around to fabricating a set of covers to protect the elevator bellcrank and pushrod. I filmed a short video showing what I did. Hopefully this will help future builders devise their own solutions.

https://youtu.be/Hna-Wu1hCss

Jeff


Elevator Pushrod Guard

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 6:32 pm

by Carlos Trigo

Where is the video?

Enviado do meu iPhone usando o Tapatalk


Re: Elevator Pushrod Guard

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:44 pm

by mike.smith

I did a similar thing. I attached it with velcro to make it easy to remove and inspect underneath. With all this pandemic craziness going on I, like probably a lot of you, have many things on my to-do list for my Sonex!


Re: Elevator Pushrod Guard

Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 8:45 pm

by fastj22

Thanks for the idea. I will be making one during the aviation shutdown.


Elevator Pushrod Guard

Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 6:59 am

by Carlos Trigo

Now I am able to see the video.
Thanks for the idea!

Cheers
Carlos


Re: Elevator Pushrod Guard

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:53 am

by n502pd

Nice! Great safty tip!. I dont fly with much baggage in place, but out of general principals, I now have a couple of things to do awaiting mud season to be over, and for general shutdown due to covig 19 restrictions. keep up the good work and videos!!


Re: Elevator Pushrod Guard

Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:24 pm

by racaldwell

I also did something like that. I made a floor to my baggage area so I wouldn’t dent up the bottom skin. The floor and floor ribs are 0.025" and the side skins are 0.016 2024T3. Here is a picture during construction.

Rick Caldwell
Xenos 0057