X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:58:10 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail10.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.191] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.11) with ESMTPS id 3407682 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:57:36 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=211.29.132.191; envelope-from=fredmoreno@optusnet.com.au Received: from Razzle ([202.139.5.198]) (authenticated sender fredmoreno) by mail10.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n02Cug85027078 for ; Fri, 2 Jan 2009 23:56:51 +1100 From: "Fred Moreno" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mail" Subject: FW: Oops X-Original-Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 21:56:40 +0900 X-Original-Message-ID: <7BD90D8A22054DF1AE6A76DFE99BC0B7@Razzle> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6838 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 Thread-Index: Acls1QV1ElIQAFBuSfy7fVcTfewk7gAA+/Qg Importance: Normal NEVER use a cotter pin to transmit torque or install one anywhere on a = load path, be it torsion, tension, or compression. =20 The reason they are folded into a nice shape and can be formed easily = once in place is because COTTER PINS ARE SOFT.=20 The only torque a cotter pin is designed to handle is that from a nut = that is trying to back off, and in that application they are off the load = path which is carried by the bolt on which they ride. =20 Fred Moreno -----Original Message----- From: Kent [mailto:kent@tulsaconnect.com]=20 Sent: Friday, 2 January 2009 1:40 AM To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: Oops Good friend of mind bought a very nice 360 Legacy last year. He is not = a=20 builder but a flyer. The aircraft had about 400 hours when a couple days ago it suffered = fuel=20 starvation. H tried to switch tanks but the handle just spun around. The original builder used a simple small cotter pin to keep two = telescoped shafts joined. The cotter pin sheared. Why this wasn't at l;east an AN3 bolt or similar sized pin. I do not = know. Kent Felkins Tulsa