X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-oa0-f50.google.com ([209.85.219.50] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.5) with ESMTPS id 6352565 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 28 Jun 2013 03:03:43 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.219.50; envelope-from=andrew@martinag.com.au Received: by mail-oa0-f50.google.com with SMTP id k7so1891160oag.37 for ; Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:03:07 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=HAxz4QDsQSBF7rcVJgvsaZzyBh1frDww+YWWCwRV2GM=; b=RTGsV/+Mv9gfMYz+4UTnMuRpYtrksRtLbAmMH0m2KISF0ZX26qd/pIfD7TYMS75VgO ukq0pfG305u5HaD3etc8LU/RVtDE7ysZPMBDf/iJovZ3L9pZkt3qFcQ7CkfXwrOZYoug 0sWmCrVTJnVfmA4wLPFANFrmRv5HutdVpam4A2vGcYp6ZV46eRaVj+7ioB3e6I/3tAqy G30K6yKtGLrifi7mmn5F32mNa9eTGksLf8fcymY80csSZy0pVzMk7kx9ixAlHfSdXXTj ZPEQu9twMIEsl+4goiJvhFPewBq/BMRjML4bOArbVNupP948hgJWVsKAjo073WOralJi VAgQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.50.200 with SMTP id e8mr6004789obo.35.1372402987700; Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:03:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.76.83.232 with HTTP; Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:03:07 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [202.40.0.40] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:03:07 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: How to throttle? From: Andrew Martin To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b6700c99229a804e031780e X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkfekHExdAvxwN+Tq8zUR8r/pGgqzbpUazBTu2JcLKYWbs1Mh9YLJ8suTHuH5VIwUFieTXV --047d7b6700c99229a804e031780e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi Steve TB=throttle body I built a quadrant out of Jarrah and steel for my plane, took a bit of work to get the shape and weight I wanted but in the end it works and controls throttle and prop, and has good ergonomics. I don't have a preference to quadrant or push/pull as long as they are placed correctly. the throttle needs to be at a natural position for your non flying hand. just don't do it like the early Jabiru's with the throttle on the floor between your crotch, that's just plain wrong! Regards Andrew Martin --047d7b6700c99229a804e031780e Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi Steve
TB=3Dthrottle body

I built a quadrant out of Jarrah and steel for my plane, took a bit of wo= rk to get the shape and weight I wanted but in the end it works and control= s throttle and prop, and has good ergonomics. I don't have a preference= to quadrant or push/pull as long as they are placed correctly. the throttl= e needs to be at a natural position for your non flying hand.
just don't do it like the early Jabiru's with the throttle on the f= loor between your crotch, that's just plain wrong!

Regards

Andrew Martin

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