X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:32:51 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from n6.bullet.re3.yahoo.com ([68.142.237.91] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.6) with SMTP id 3068074 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:25:44 -0400 Received: from [68.142.237.90] by n6.bullet.re3.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 08 Aug 2008 23:25:43 -0000 Received: from [69.147.75.191] by t6.bullet.re3.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 08 Aug 2008 23:25:43 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp107.mail.re1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 08 Aug 2008 23:25:43 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 523809.84275.bm@omp107.mail.re1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 74475 invoked from network); 8 Aug 2008 23:25:43 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:From:To:References:In-Reply-To:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Mailer:Thread-Index:Content-Language; b=6k8MxkwxIRSpoRykRuvZ+gWTdvzibgcOeZvjX3HWm08/rtsaVos/csRtuTeolDrOWcwfiNhBSWQ8JPoo5CG08ZEcQjGh8QB3paYX7u/d/IflGWgStihQ82my+efd8OOSRxrKJc1rxBI7jTjk3BpQ5FtM3ceadJLCRYb1qltw1WQ= ; Received: from unknown (HELO Laptop) (mcmess1919@67.54.224.51 with login) by smtp108.plus.mail.re1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 8 Aug 2008 23:25:39 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: CZF4DnMVM1l0GK9Ss6dbspifz9UO.7sXSoHYSDajKtNEPr2VEOznbpaPrjasZxmxTcc47su11xJwik0SBjn01DaSQlwDFKuQKMm8r1Uj2hY40W68bFmg.ncumzCdyvQ- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 From: "Steve Colwell" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: Control Cables X-Original-Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 18:25:36 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <001301c8f9ae$12a04c20$37e0e460$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0014_01C8F984.29CA4420" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: AcjzQ2ow9cVsgLfMQgGZV7wcGy5TQQGYBN3A Content-Language: en-us This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C8F984.29CA4420 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I could not obtain full stroke or travel with the Throttle and Prop = control cables supplied by Lancair. By that, I mean full travel and a =BC=94 = cushion to assure full forward movement of the controls. When you bend the cable = to install it, the outer housing elongates and the travel is shorter. I = spent a lot of time looking for a longer rod end bearing, no joy. My = solution was a longer =BC x 20 rod end bearing with a =BC x 20 bolt drilled and = tapped (in a mill), then cut off flush for the control cables. I used locktite = in addition to bottoming the cut off bolt to make it secure. =20 =20 Steve Colwell Legacy, Cont. IO-550 =20 From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of rwolf99@aol.com Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 2:27 PM To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: [LML] Control Cables =20 It turns out that prop / mixture / throttle cables from Aircraft Spruce = and brackets from Vans don't match. There is even greater possibility of = mixup if you order a custom length cable from Spruce, tell them that you're building a Lancair, and intend to use a bracket from Vans. And this is weird, because the cables all come from the same place -- = ACS Products in Lake Havasu City. As you may know, the standard cable from Spruce has a slot on the = business end (the end in the engine compartment) that slides into a clamp = bracket. The ones from Vans all are captured by a pair of nuts on either side of = a hole, like a bulkhead fitting. Well, that part as easy to figure out. However, the stroke on the Vans cables is different from the "standard stroke", or so I was told today. I think it's 2.25 or 2.5 inches, = instead of a standard 3 inches. If you have a Vans bracket, but not the Vans stroke, then the threaded portion won't be in the right place to engage = the Vans bracket. "Education and recreation", eh? Well, I'm getting *plenty* of = education. I'm about to order my third prop cable. I'm still waiting for the "recreation". - Rob Wolf still building... _____ =20 The Famous, the Infamous, the Lame - in your browser. Get = the TMZ Toolbar Now!=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C8F984.29CA4420 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I could not obtain  full stroke or travel with the = Throttle and Prop control cables supplied by Lancair.  By that, I mean full = travel and a =BC” cushion to assure full forward movement of the = controls.  When you bend the cable to install it, the outer housing elongates and = the travel is shorter.  I spent a lot of time looking for a longer rod = end bearing, no joy.   My solution was a longer =BC x 20 rod end = bearing with a =BC x 20 bolt drilled and tapped (in a mill), then cut off flush = for the control cables.  I used locktite in addition to bottoming the cut = off bolt to make it secure. 

 

Steve Colwell   Legacy, Cont. = IO-550

 

From:= Lancair = Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of = rwolf99@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 2:27 PM
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Control Cables

 

It turns out that prop / mixture / throttle cables = from Aircraft Spruce and brackets from Vans don't match.  There is even = greater possibility of mixup if you order a custom length cable from Spruce, = tell them that you're building a Lancair, and intend to use a bracket from = Vans.

And this is weird, because the cables all come from the same place = -- ACS Products in Lake Havasu City.

As you may know, the standard cable from Spruce has a slot on the = business end (the end in the engine compartment) that slides into a clamp = bracket.  The ones from Vans all are captured by a pair of nuts on either side of a = hole, like a bulkhead fitting.  Well, that part as easy to figure = out.

However, the stroke on the Vans cables is different from the = "standard stroke", or so I was told today.  I think it's 2.25 or 2.5 = inches, instead of a standard 3 inches.  If you have a Vans bracket, but = not the Vans stroke, then the threaded portion won't be in the right place to = engage the Vans bracket.

"Education and recreation", eh?  Well, I'm getting = *plenty* of education.  I'm about to order my third prop cable.  I'm still waiting for the "recreation".

- Rob Wolf
still building...

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