Return-Path: Received: from rook.innercite.com ([158.222.5.8]) by ns1.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-64832U3500L350S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2000 13:05:00 -0500 Received: from colwell (host-56-112.dialup.innercite.com [158.222.56.112]) by rook.innercite.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA07760 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2000 10:12:49 -0800 Message-ID: <01e701c05bc2$72591e40$0d38de9e@colwell> From: "Steve & Claudette Colwell" To: "a" References: <004c01c05a55$beb002e0$0d70e640@default> Subject: Re: 360 flap and aileron rod ends Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 09:41:10 -0800 X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> > You should also consider that if the nut loosened and the control rod > turned the effective length of the rod would not alter as it would screw out > and lengthen at one end and the opposite at the other. Both check nuts > would have to loosen for this to occur. Mind you if this happened and the > rod could become completely detached at one end then that is another matter. This happened to a friend of mine about 2 years ago on a RV4. He had forgotten to retighten the check nuts on the elevator push rod after an annual. About 20 hours later, no pitch control. He landed in a plowed field, almost totaled the airplane but he and his passenger walked away. Steve >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>