Thanks for your question. The control system components see aerodynamic loads, not just pilot input. As far as accounting for the pilot forces that are inputted into the control stick (such as against the stops), these come from well defined FAA design standards and represent forces that both you and the younger stud/studette are capable of applying. Arbitrarily lengthening your EX stick 3 to 4 inches, without structural system upgrades, is not recommended.
On the new FX-3/EX-3 Carbon Cub, we lengthened the pilot control stick point of contact where your hand grabs by 1 inch. From the top of the EX stick to the top of the new Xcub style stick grip, the total length change is 2.8 inches. You can see here that the control system needed to be upsized, much in part to lengthening of the stick. The colored components are all new and some other refinements were made further aft as well.
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Last edited by Pat Horgan; 12-07-2017 at 04:09 PM.
Patrick Horgan
President
CubCrafters | Yakima WA
The transmit button is painfully small to push on to transmit.
is there a larger button that will fit in the stick?