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01-06-2005 | 11:57 PM

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MHester

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From: Woodstock, GA

RE: Control Horns

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ORIGINAL: flyintexan

What if the normal MK horn was replaced with straight all-thread that had a (near) 90° bend facing forward (over the hinge line). The all-thread could go through a threaded base with a jam nut. Any excess thread would be down inside the flying surface. The hieght of the horn could be changed one full rotation at a time, and the distance to the hinge line could changed with one rotation of the MK plastic piece. Of course the all-thread would have to be bent carefully with heat to retain strength...

here is a quick image of the idea...no threads shown on the all-thread to speed up the modeling...

Any comments???

Great idea, but I see one flaw. Fix it and it's perfect. See how the adjustable horn piece points down? Make it straight on, like a clevis itself, THEN you can turn it and adjust it and it won't bind under deflection! But I would consider making it aluminum like the H9 stuff so it wouldn't flex with the clevis point.

-Mike

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