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To bolt or not to bolt. That is the question...

The instructions say: "Once the control stick assembly is fitted it may be removed as a unit." As a Unit? I don't think so. If you bolt the Wd-610 control column and Wd-611/612 control stick bases together, then you can't get the bolt in or out that attaches the Wd-610 control column to the F-633 control column mounts on the bulkhead. The Wd-611/612 control stick bases interfere with that bolt. The way I see it, later in the project, the Wd-610 control column will have to go on first, then the Wd-611/612 control stick bases will bolt on. There is no way to store the Wd-610 control column with the Wd-611/612 control stick bases final bolted as a unit and be able to attach this assembly to the mounts later. You'll notice in he picture that I loosely put the bolt, washer and lock nut together (held together with tie-wire) in the separate parts so I can store everything away and not have to go search for this parts again later.

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