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Silvio--
What a beautiful installation! A real work of art!
I removed my canopy/cowling top/header tank today and sure enough,
the rudder cable had pulled out of the Nicopress sleeve. The
original Lancair manual didn't offer any advice on what sleeves to
use or what tool to crimp them with, so apparently I chose the wrong
crimping tool - a U.S. Tool model TP-64. Two more things I've
learned is that for stainless steel cables, one is supposed to use
the tin (or zinc) plated copper sleeves. The other thing is that
after crimping, one is supposed to check the crimp with a go-no go
gauge or calipers. I really wish I had known all that when I made
the original crimps.
Today I ordered two new rudder cables with the rotary-swaged "eye"
end on them, some Nicopress sleeves and a go-no go gauge. A member
here has volunteered to loan me his Nicopress crimping tool (Thank
you, Tom!). I'll be reversing the cables and installing the
nice-looking factory-swaged end on the pedal end of the
cable, and make up the ugly Nicopress crimps back at the rudder so I
can inspect them without removing the header tank. No more
surprises!
--John
This is what I did in my 320. A kind of balancing connecting both
pedals. Not to simple but works fine.
Silvio
Novelli
Lancair
320 PP-XSN
+55
(14) 9.9614-3129
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