Maintenance and Inspection Procedures Manual
Type:
CT
Series:
CTLS
LSA
Page: 4-69
AF 04800001
Revision No. 3
Date: 14 Sep 2008
Fig. 10
To reduce tension:
1. Look the way the threaded adjuster bushing is secured by the safety wire. Remove the safety
wire.
2. Release the tips (Fig. 10, item 2), having loosened the locking nut (Fig. 10, item 3) by a 10x13
wrench.
3. Take care that the tips are inserted into the threaded adjuster bushing body at least
64
15
inch / 6
mm.
4. Unscrew the tips half-turn on each threaded adjuster bushing.
5. Check rudder cables tension (11.75 ± 0.25 kgf).
6. Repeat items 4-5, if necessary.
7. Tighten the nuts (Fig. 10, item 3) by a 10x13 wrench unscrewing them from the tip towards the
threaded adjuster bushing.
8. Lock the threaded adjuster bushing by safety wire.
To increase cables tension, perform items 1 through 8, having reversed tip rotation for the operation 4.
4.3.3.5 Verification of Rudder Installation and Adjustment
1. Set the nose wheel along the longitudinal axle of the plane.
a. Make sure the right and left pedals are on the same line.
b. The rudder must be in neutral position, along the plane axle.
c. The aircraft must run straight on a plane surface
2. verify deflection angles following chapter 4.3.3.6.1
3. Lift up the front of the plane so that the nose wheel is off the ground. Deflect the rudder by the
pedals to the left. Release the pedals and the rudder and nose wheel must return to the neutral
position by the returning mechanism. Check the same for the right deflection. Note that
unsatisfactory functioning of the returning mechanism may be the result of excessive tension of
the rudder control cables.