Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 19:00:08 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from rook.innercite.com ([158.222.5.8] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0) with ESMTP id 1856812 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 08 Nov 2002 22:44:26 -0500 Received: from steve (host-226-187.dialup.innercite.com [158.222.226.187]) by rook.innercite.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id gA93iO207500; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 19:44:24 -0800 X-Original-Message-ID: <013401c287a2$a68ff860$15e0de9e@steve> From: "The Colwell's" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" X-Original-Cc: References: Subject: Re: LNC2 Tail Incidence, Rudder Cables X-Original-Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 19:45:01 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0131_01C2875F.536D9A90" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0131_01C2875F.536D9A90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable These are two different animals:=20 A. Swaged Fittings- - Require a rotary swaging tool that is a large, = heavy, delicate and expensive piece of equipment found at some FBOs and = Sailboat Rigging Shops. Swaged fittings are designed to have more = strength than the cable. B. Nicopress Fittings- - Can be applied by cheap bolt-clamp squeezers = or much larger tools (about 2' long). Nicopress fittings are much = cheaper and the weak link in the cable. Probably OK for anything = Lancair specifies them for if properly installed. Tell any shop you use that you want to watch the verification tool used = on each fitting after the job is done. In my previous life as a simple = yacht merchant we were very careful to screen out the ultra lite guys, = liability you know. Steve Colwell Legacy N15SC reserved (530) 621-3408 Placerville, = CA Aircraft Spruce says the fittings must be installed with a rotary swaging tool Charles, Interestingly, Aircraft Spruce has a tool kit for cutting cables and = swaging nicopress sleeves if you aren't doing that for a living. The = kit is very inexpensive and the swaging tool consists of machined bars = with different sized opening and bolts that, when tightened to clamp the = bars together, do a perfect job of swaging nicopress sleeves onto the = cables. I have not been able to pull my cables apart when thusly done. Scott Krueger N92EX PS Rob's suggestion to use your local mechanic's tool is also a good = way to get the job done. ------=_NextPart_000_0131_01C2875F.536D9A90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

These are two different animals: =

A. Swaged Fittings- - Require a rotary = swaging=20 tool that is a large, heavy, delicate and expensive piece of = equipment=20 found at some FBOs and Sailboat Rigging Shops. Swaged fittings are = designed to have more strength than the cable.

B. Nicopress Fittings- - Can be applied by = cheap=20 bolt-clamp squeezers or much larger tools (about 2' long). = Nicopress=20 fittings are much cheaper and the weak link in the cable. Probably = OK for=20 anything Lancair specifies them for if properly = installed.

Tell any shop you use that you want to watch = the=20 verification tool used on each fitting after the job is done. In = my=20 previous life as a simple yacht merchant we were very careful to screen = out the=20 ultra lite guys, liability you know.

Steve Colwell Legacy N15SC=20 reserved (530) 621-3408 Placerville,=20 CA

Aircraft Spruce
says the fittings must be installed = with a=20 rotary swaging = tool

Charles,

Interestingly,=20 Aircraft Spruce has a tool kit for cutting cables and swaging = nicopress=20 sleeves if you aren't doing that for a living. The kit is very=20 inexpensive and the swaging tool consists of machined bars with=20 different sized opening and bolts that, when tightened to clamp the = bars=20 together, do a perfect job of swaging nicopress sleeves onto the = cables. =20 I have not been able to pull my cables apart when thusly = done.

Scott=20 Krueger
N92EX

PS Rob's suggestion to use your local = mechanic's=20 tool is also a good way to get the job done.=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0131_01C2875F.536D9A90--