Wilco.
Thanks
Reg
Tony R.
P.S. I figured that the loads on a yachting turnbuckle often under immense
pressure from sails/masts etc would far outweigh the pressure I could transfer
with my feet, even without Grahams mod. I hear your wisdom though, I just want
to justify that I gave it a few neurones. Still, the MS sound really good so
I'll part with my bucks some more..
>
>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
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tony Renshaw
>Sent: Tue 22/04/2003 11:18 a.m.
>To: europa-list@matronics.com
>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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