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Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 17:06:53 -0500
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From: Bob Pastusek <rpastusek@htii.com>
Subject: RE: [LML] Legacy rudder pictures
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Jeffrey W. Skiba asks:

Does anyone have pictures of the Legacy rudder in
Netural position
full right
full left...

Specifically I want to see the cut out areas for the hinges.
I can get the bolts and nuts on no problem on mine but to tighten them is
another question.

JEFF: I don't have any pictures, but on my IV-P, I moved the rudder as far
to the left as I could--a bit beyond the normal stop--and cut small
diamond-shaped holes in the leading edge closeout adjacent to the fixed
rudder trailing edge about 6" below the two upper rudder hinges and 6" above
the bottom one. This allows me to insert a socket with a swivel joint on a
long 1/4" drive extension to start and tighten these nuts. (Due to IV-P
internal rudder linkage, you must turn the bottom bolt and hold the nut) I
hold the bolt head through a minimum-size slot--it doesn't need to turn. You
can even grind down the shank of an old wrench to minimize the size of the
slot required, but I'm not THAT anal... This results in three additional
holes in your rudder leading edge closeout but they are only visible when
the rudder is full left, and not visible at all in normal flight/rudder
neutral.

I could take a couple of pictures of this if useful, but think you get the
idea anyway.

Bob Pastusek