-Drilled the hole for the rear control stick retainer bolt (drilled unsized and reamed to 3/16). -Put the rear stick assembly together with the specified hardware -Bolted the front and rear sticks to the control column -Installed the F839-2 pushrod through the inside of the control column and bolted to the control sticks. Had to do this twice because I had the wrong rod ends installed on the pushrod - duh! It would be nice if these had part #s stamped on them to avoid confusion. -Adjusted the F839-2 to keep the sticks parallel to each other and bolted everything back together to verify alignment. -Removed the sticks from the control column -Placed the control column with the F839-2 still inside into the fuselage by inserting it through the center section. -Installed the rod end bearning to the F837-1 and F849 control mounts for both the front and rear sticks. -Bolted the F837-1 to the fuselage temporarily.
Drilling the rear stick retainer bolt hole.
Control sticks mounted to the control column
Top pic is F837 with rod end and bottom is 837 installed with control column (not bolted)
