Foam blocks inside the hull,

We recently removed the foam blocks, thinking they were extra packing material. After a search I found I should put them back in. I hung up the rudder line for the rear controls on my tandem, and the rudder handle plastic appears to have overpowered and cracked against he metal pin below the hand control. I've got to replace the control, but is there a particular order or placement inside the hull so I don't bind the line again? Even with the blocks removed the rudder feels a little wonky on the trailer.

"Wonky" I like that. I long ago pulled that closed cell foam from my AI 2 and my TI. Presumably, they are there as extra flotation, but they get tangled in the lines. Can't have that. In addition, they occupy important space that I need on camping trips.

Keith

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2015 AI 2, 2014 Tandem

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"Less is more" Anon

I took the rear rudder handle off this morning. It's raised on a barrel that the dealer installed before I purchased it. The plastic grooves that the rudder attaches to failed and the whole piece was twisted behind. I reseated it and took it out this afternoon. The rear rudder seemed okay, but I asked the dealer to order another of these spacers for the rudder handle. Most likely, it's going go fail again at some point.

Blocks also provide vertical bracing to reduce hull flattening.

Be carefull with stuff in hull and that mechanism. twice now I had the internal lever slip past the plastic limiter causing handle to lock out wide and rudder lock in full lock position. Happened today, luckily I could still lift rudder and had to use paddle as a steering oar to get back in against a stiff wind