If you are looking to reduce friction/wear in the phenolic blocks where the torque tubes pass through, you can oversize the holes and then fit Rulon shoulder bushings (available from McMaster Car). I

I am using thick teflon for the rudders in my Glasair, BUT, they are bolted down , not glued.---------------  Chris -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus

Smart solutions! Listen to Bill, he knows of what he speaks! John Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad

Robert-----------  If you are making a phenolic fitting like in Mikes pictures, do not drill for the rudder pedals  until after the phenolic is split in two and the bolts are attached.  If you

I got the year wrong tho.. 1970 it was. And.. yesterday the last 747 to ever be built rolled out of the Everett factory. It is going to Atlas Air as it is a 747-8F. The XB70 must have been a

AMEN! Jm

Like I said, I called Robert yesterday morning early and explained to him, exactly how do this with phenolic and a Dremel tool. Same as Jerry and Sam explained later. Build to plan if you don't know

Great story, Vern. Thanks for sharing that. When I was a kid in Grand Junction, they were test flying the Valkyrie over our area (anywhere west of the Rockies and east of the Sierra Nevadas).

You are correct, Sam. ABS has a permanently “greasy” finish regardless of what texture you put on it. Epoxy will not bond properly to it. I agree, use phenolic. Cheers, Jay

Why ABS? I don't think that epoxy adheres to it. Just use phenolic, it's what the plans call for and it's proven. Sam

The 2707, Ben...I was there in 1968-1972. A true story for folks that have not been in the factory settings. My Father, Uncles, Mom, Cousins, ... just about everyone was at one time or another at

I've touched on this copyright issue with John Roncz, who is doing some consulting for me in my day job. He's mainly retired but emerges from time to time for interesting projects with money

Hi David and Jay, Thank you for the Roncz info! No prob to get into CAD from here. Kinda surprised by scarcity of info. Is there a potential copyright issue? Was impressed with Jay’s sparrow

So it turns out I found some ABS material to make the rudder mounts instead of phenolic. Might as well just epoxy those in like phenolic with BID on the sides. Thanks for everyones help, very much

Hi Jim, Great. I am sure your explanation was better than mine. JM

Hi Jerry, I explained this same thing to Robert in a phone call early this morning. Regards, Jim N46JP - Q200

before drilling the bolt size hole, simply drill a hole in the phenolic slightly smaller than the measurement across the bolt head. Slide the bolt into the hole and hit the head of the bolt with a

Here's a picture of my rudder pedal mount

You can buy a huge variety of studs on based ready to fix to a laminated surface by flox and BID pads here; https://www.mcmaster.com/adhesive-mount-studs/ As to making AN hardware work in that

I have one is countersink the back of a piece of phenolic for the bolt head to fit in then using a dremel just put a few cuts around the edge of the hole for a better grip. Put the bolt in most of the