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Bob Chesley and Jim Frantz both mentioned the sticky friction of rudder
cables under tension.  I noticed this too when I started my checkout
after purchasing our Lancair.  Together with the sticky feel, mine would
actually squeal!  It disturbed me sufficiently that I stopped flying
until I corrected it.  I did a search on all the old email and decided
on the Teflon powder solution that I purchased from Dick Simkanin.  I
had exactly the same problem though, I did not want to disassemble the
rudder cables so I devised a high-pressure (100# compressed air) powder
injector from about $15 worth of fittings from my local Ace hardware
store.  I wrote this up and Marv published it in the Aug/Sept 2000 (#46)
issue of “Lancair Network News”.  I injected the powder and have been
happy ever since.  In my case, only the right cable was the problem, so
to date, I’ve only injected that cable.
Charles R. Patton
N360JM


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