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Bellcrank Change (Foam Wing)

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Motorman:
Thanks guys, all good advise. Don't remember exactly but I know the bellcrank has 2 ball bearings on the post, it's bigger about 4-1/4 and might have allot of off set to the inboard side. Flying this thing is like driving a bus with a flat tire.

I wonder if I could unwrap the serving wire on those lead outs at the bellcrank end and use them again. Would save some work.

MM :)

Ken Culbertson:
Before you go full Ben Carson on it can you get a camera in there and see what you actually have.  4 1/4 isn't the problem, the offsets could be but what if you do all of that and the BC was just a big BC with ball bearings.  I got my hands on a plane like that a while back and came to find out that the leadouts were reversed in the wing, rubbing and sawing away at the ribs.  Not likely with foam but....  Now if it is one of those crazy "Y" shaped ones, Call Ben.

Ken

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