Do NOT under any circumstances use a yachting turnbuckle, this is a life
critical part and requires correct aviation hardware.
The MS series cliplock works fine and is a lot easier to use than the AN
wirelocked version. The part numbers for this can be found in the Europa
manual in the section covering rudder cabling.
Tony
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From: Tony Renshaw
Cc:=09
Subject: Europa-List: Turnbuckles vs Yachting fittings
<tonyrenshaw@ozemail.com.au>
Gidday,
I know some people have opted for yachting fittings within their rudder
control system, versus the more expensive turnbuckles. I notice there
are
the lockwireable types of AN 140 and also another type which is a MS
Clip-Locking turnbuckle. Both complete is about $100.00 AUD, 38 pounds,
$60.00 US, which is a lot for 2 smallish components. I think a
turnbuckle
is a good idea and I am wondering if the cable eye ends available have
suitable radius for our 7X7 cable? I would think it would, as why would
you
have such a component if it needed a cable thimble? Having said that I
see
that a thimble has quite a large radius and the cable eye quite a small
one, so maybe the cable eye is designed to mate to the inner radius of a
thimble, and not the minimum radius of the cable. So, I am stuck with
whether to use thimbles, whether to use a normal AN turnbuckle, a MS
Clip-Locking turnbuckle, or a yachting fitting suitably lockwired. Any
suggestions will be greatfully appreciated.
Reg
Tony Renshaw
Sydney Australia
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