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Pitts S1-11 Slave Struts

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garyg

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I am looking for photos/info of the lower slave strut and "L" arm attach at the aileron with that KP3 bearings (on both ends). Maybe a regular S1 with boosted ailerons will help. But a "stock" S1-11 would be nice. Like any of those actually exist.

In particular, there seems to be a drawing error as to the proper length of the salve strut and barrel fork at the bottom. It is about 1.0 to 2 inches short, depending how you do things, most likely 1.5 inches. The drawings show the long side of the "L" bracket on the bottom but you can swap sides and place it on the top side. Also it leaves a pretty wide attach at the top of the slave strut, and I am not sure you can place a washer on either side and keep it happy.

also, is there something wrong with the search? keeps coming up as nothing found for what I know is a common topic.
 

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