Brief Description: Co-pilot Stick there was a clearance problem.
Aug 26th 2012
After installing the Co-pilot Stick there was a clearance problem. The Infinity Joystick handle when fully Left and Forward came in contact with the Red Mixture handle on the panel. No Joy, because I already had aligned the ailerons and roll autopilot. But at least the stick tops don’t hit the panel when fully forward. But at first I thought about moving the lower panel that the Throttle, Prop and Mixture are mounted on. But then I realized that Van’s would not let a design error so time-consuming to exist. So I just adjusted the screws outward a few turns on the bar that connects the Pilot and Copilot sticks. This allowed full unconstrained movement of both sticks with the Infinity grips. Even though when sitting in the pilot seat your legs would block full movement. But now the Ailerons and Roll Autopilot are off of where they should be. So I had to adjust both Left and Right Ailerons and recenter the torque arm of the roll Autopilot servo. Job finished.
