Hi,

Well I've only made it to the field twice so far since the snow has melted. The 2nd time out I decided to take the Skybolt with me. I attemted to fly the first flight of the morning, but had some trouble with the takeoff run. [] The rudder has a lot more authority than my Sig SE does on the ground, and my inexperience with it resulted in a couple of quick S turns across the field while running up for takeoff. The result was one of the sides of my rudder horn pull-pull system broke free from the rudder. It was a CBA Nylon U shaped dual horn which I had pinned and epoxied to the base of the rudder. I think I am going to replace it with a solid bolt thru type with the threaded ears. So I have the part on order and hope to have it up in the air again shortly. Guess I''m glad that I broke it on the ground and not while in flight. The pic below show the horn I was using, and a pic of what I plan to replace it with.