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Subject: Europa-List: RE: Throttle cable failure
From: josok <josoke@ukolo.fi>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 18:31:47
is empty


How do i put this polite? The symptom you describe is exactly what will happen
with an abused cable with too much friction. The usual reason is overbending,
dirt, stiff grease or whatever. If you just replace the broken inner, your plane
is an accident to happen. Because the next failure will happen.  If that is
on final, seeing you are a bit low, you will enter the statistics. 

Thinking of where it goes wrong, i think that, as on most planes the pilot 
should
be able to reduce the friction of the HANDLE to make sure the spring on the
carb is able to pull to full throttle. This is not possible on the Europa, not
at least as part of the normal pre-flight. So something to do at annuals and
the lot?

Hope that was not to offensive? <grin>

Regards,

Jos Okhuijsen
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