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Re: Safety wire for rudder horn/nutplate attachment?

Subject: Re: Safety wire for rudder horn/nutplate attachment?
From: DJA727@aol.com
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 20:19:06
In a message dated 11/13/2002 2:18:23 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
asarangan@myrealbox.com writes:

> In attaching the rudder horn to the buried nutplate, I was a bit puzzled 
> that there is no safety wire on any of the three bolts. Over time, isn't it 
> possible for the bolts to loosen and back off from the nutplate? What am I 
> missing here?
> 
> 

I think those are lock nuts in the nut plates -- at least they feel that way 
when you screw into them.

Dave
A227
Mini U2


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