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<DIV>Glenn,</DIV>
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<DIV>I have tried the dual elevator pushrod but don't like it. I prefer the pull-pull arrangement for my surfaces. Hard to beat the weight and system flexibility.</DIV>
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<DIV>HOWEVER, one thing I did find useful on my dual elevator pushrod set-up was to install a short length of 1/8" carbon tube from fuse exit to near the horn and then finish the assembly with a standard steel threaded rod epoxied into the carbon tube.</DIV>
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<DIV>The carbon tube has an ID of .075" which fits the typical carbon push rod you get in those kits perfectly. To mate the carbon tube and carbon pushrod, I sanded both lightly and attached using medium ca. No accelerator please. Steel and carbon tube were mated with slow epoxy.</DIV>
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<DIV>MattK</DIV> <BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Glenn Hatfield <randy10926@comtekmail.com><BR>To: nsrca-discuss list <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><BR>Sent: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 06:10:25 -0700 (PDT)<BR>Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Repairing Focus 2<BR><BR>
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<DIV>Well after looking and trying to repair my Focus 2 all winter, I just figured out I was making the repair harder that it needed to be. I simply need to replace the control rod to the horizitonal stab and then rebuild the fuse around the landing gear plate.</DIV>
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<DIV>So my options seem to be to:</DIV>
<DIV>1. a replace CF control rod - a straight replacement part</DIV>
<DIV>2. change over to a DEPS</DIV>
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<DIV>Has anyone tried retro fitting a Focus2 with a DEPS? I do have to rebuild the back section of the fuse, so I have access to the inside of the fuse at this point.</DIV>
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<DIV>What you Yall think of the DEPS? The CF rods coming out the back to connect to the control surface are starting to look pretty thin to me.</DIV>
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<DIV>Randy</DIV>
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