Tail Tank pull handle....ideas

[Gregg Leslie[_2_]]

Hi guys,

I'm looking for a sliding dump handle idea, it needs to travel 2 inches,
maybe a notched plate with a handle....any ideas or drawings?

GL

[Evan Ludeman[_4_]]

On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 2:31:08 PM UTC-4, Gregg Leslie wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
>
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> I'm looking for a sliding dump handle idea, it needs to travel 2 inches,
>
> maybe a notched plate with a handle....any ideas or drawings?
>
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> GL

How about a chain?

http://www.signaturehardware.com/product17094

:-)
T8

[Papa3[_2_]]

On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 2:31:08 PM UTC-4, Gregg Leslie wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
>
>
> I'm looking for a sliding dump handle idea, it needs to travel 2 inches,
>
> maybe a notched plate with a handle....any ideas or drawings?
>
>
>
> GL

Is sliding the key requirement? Many dump systems I've seen use a simple swinging lever that has the cable attached slightly off-center. The full travel is 2x the radius of the lever arm, so you only need a one inch arm to get your two inches of travel. The over-center leverages the tension in the system to keep the valve in the desired position (e.g valve closing). There's often a spring that allows for some slop in the system as well.

I'll draw one up and email it to you...

[Dave Springford]

DG gliders use a bicycle shift lever a-la style Eric described above.

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On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 2:31:08 PM UTC-4, Gregg Leslie wrote:
> Hi guys, I'm looking for a sliding dump handle idea, it needs to travel 2 inches, maybe a notched plate with a handle....any ideas or drawings? GL

In my 20C the stock valve acuators were small over center levers. I just made a hook to go over one of them to operate the tail valve cable. Unhooked to separate fuctions if needed.
UH

[Dan Marotta]

In the LAK-17a they use a push-pull handle which slides in an "L" shaped
slot in a metal plate. The tail tank (wings use the same setup with a
separate lever) is held closed by placing the lever in the short slot,
opened by pulling into the long slot and then aft.


> wrote in message
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> On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 2:31:08 PM UTC-4, Gregg Leslie wrote:
>> Hi guys, I'm looking for a sliding dump handle idea, it needs to travel 2
>> inches, maybe a notched plate with a handle....any ideas or drawings? GL
>
> In my 20C the stock valve acuators were small over center levers. I just
> made a hook to go over one of them to operate the tail valve cable.
> Unhooked to separate fuctions if needed.
> UH