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Buck's RV-8
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Date: 6-16-2007
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Number of Hours: 1.70
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Brief Description: Throttle quadrant, left side console & cover
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After sitting in the cockpit of a friend's RV-8 today, I made a couple of big decisions regarding the placement of my throttle and the sloped side console. I don't believe the sloped panel on the left will work -- it would place the throttle quadrant too close to my leg and too far aft. In cruise flight, when my leg relaxed outward, it would end up resting against the mixture control, which would not be good. The aft positioning of the engine controls would also be just a bit awkward, especially at lower power settings. Therefore, I decided to leave the throttle placement alone and not install a sloped console on the left. (A lot of thanks must go to Don Pfieffer and Jim Gray, whose advice was very helpful in my decision-making process.)
The right console will remain, but it will extend back only about 9 inches so it doesn't block the map case I'll fashion near my right elbow.
After all that brain-work, I drilled and clecoed the mid cabin cover and the horizontal throttle-attach angle to the fuselage.
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I decided to go with the stock position for my throttle quadrant.
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Left side cover drilled and clecoed in place.
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