In a previous post I had mounted the control sticks in the plane but they needed to be removed and shortened so that they could accommodate the taller control grips I purchased.
I used a pipe cutter to cut off about 3" from each so that the grip would not interfere with the instrument panel.
Next the grip and wire harness needed to be pinned and inserted into the cannon plugs I purchased from MidWest Panel Builders.
The hole was up-sized to accommodate the plug and secured with with hardware on the left and right controls.
Control sticks installed and should have full range without hitting the panel. These grips were custom made by Tosten.
My control sticks have a unique feature that includes a starter button for the engine. This way I could have one hand on the stick, the other on the throttle.
The VPX has a feature that disables this switch if the engine is above a pre definged RPM range which locks out the switch during flight but allows for inflight restarts if the engine is under 300 RPM.
