When the control stick sticks were installed, i noted that the right hand stick had some wobble in it. If i held the left hand stick against the stop, the right hand stick had a fair bit of play. You can see it in the video below:
Unsure if this was normal, I asked the question on VAF while at the same time sent an email to support to see if this was an issue. The forum members suggested using a beer can or some shim stock. I tried a soda can and aluminium tape etc but was not happy with how it turned out. One layer of aluminium tape was too thin, and two was too thick. The soda can was way too thin. I was investigating shim stock, however at the same time support decided to send me a new control stick base.
Once the base had been received, I drilled the holes in the base to #19 then #12 all the way through, as well as doing the other preparatory steps such as drilling the lower bolt holes to #12, and filing the powdercoat smooth. I then checked that the stick fitted (which it did) and installed the new base into the aircraft.
Thankfully with both right hand bolts installed the slop is almost totally gone. I think for final installation, one layer of aluminium tape should be sufficient to remove all of the slop. I also re-checked that the sticks were parallel.
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| The new control base installed, with the stick temporarily installed. |
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