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Date:  5-24-2009
Number of Hours:  4.00
Manual Reference:  8-57
Brief Description:  Assembled and installed Control Column

Reamed the holes in the WD-807 control column to final size.

Trimmed the front and rear control stick bushings as per instructions and reamed them #12.

Marked out and drilled the rear control stick retention bolt hole. Assembled the rear control stick to the base using the hardware specified.

Assembled the control sticks and F-839-2 pushrod assembly to the control column.

Adjusted the length of the pushrod so that the control sticks are parallel to each other and tightened the jamb nuts to lock the rod end bearings in place.

Removed the control sticks from the control column.

Installed the control column in the fuselage by inserting it through the rectangular opening in the center section bulkhead assembly. Cleco'd the aft control mount to the seat ribs and mounted the control column using the forward and aft rod end bearings.

Reinstalled the control sticks and attached them to the F-839-2 pushrod assembly.
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Front control stick

Front control stick

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Rear control stick

Rear control stick

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