Torque Tubes Part II

Posted On October 2, 2019

With the joysticks done, I turned my attention back to the flap and elevator torque tubes in the center fuselage. I quickly discovered that none of these will go together easily; each bracket that holds a bushing has needed *some* kind of modification so far. For these torque tubes, the bushings sit in channels in the floor ribs, and then a close-out rib goes above them to lock them in place.