side to side play in control stick

[jrevens]

Wow, Jeff! I have never even come close to having to push hard enough on the stick to feel any flex. Finger tip control is the norm for a Kitfox. The hardest I ever push is during a go-around before flaps are retracted and the nose-up trim can be backed off-still not enough force to feel any flex in the stick. I am wondering if you might have a sag or bend in the long pushrod going to the elevator, causing it to bow under pressure?

I agree, Jim... the sticks seem to be very stiff and adequate to me.

[n85ae]

Well ... I feel it ...

There is no binding in my controls, they are very friction free, it's not that at all.

In flight it is pretty fine, it's not really noticeable. But when I taxi, and hold the controls for wind correction
I feel the springiness in the stick at the stops, and I don't like it. You are correct in flight it is just finger
pressure, for normal flight.

I've been flying it for over ten years, and well - I notice it, every single three point landing ... Which are
about the only landings I ever do ... Especially if the ground is bumpy.

It's I'm sure just me, and it's totally a personal preference thing.

Jeff