David,
Likewise, I changed all my fuel piping. The company issue is of very bad
quality and permeates easily to create a fuel smell in the cockpit and
eventual seepage. I eventually used marine fuel hosing.
Cheers,
Tim
Tim Ward
12 Waiwetu Street,
Fendalton,
Christchurch, 8005
New Zealand.
Ph +64 3 3515166
Mobile 021 0640221
ward.t@xtra.co.nz
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Corbett" <duc@farmline.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 3:31 AM
Subject: Europa-List: Throttle cable failure
>
> My aircraft has just suffered a throttle cable failure - luckily whilst on
> maintenance. I had dropped the throttle lever box to enable upholstery to
> be
> completed; after refitting the box, and exercising the throttle for
> duplicate checks, one cable broke. The break is where the inner core of
> the
> cable joins the nipple attaching the cable to the throttle lever; the
> nipple
> is perfectly free to pivot on its bolt.
>
>
> The cables have always been a little hard to move - at least when the
> engine
> is not running; because of this internal friction, it appears that when
> the
> throttle is opened the cable can bend down into the box, rather than slide
> through the outer.
>
>
> Two questions arise:
>
>
> 1 Am I right in thinking that there has been some sort of
> advisory
> advice about throttle cables from the factory - if so, where should I find
> it?
>
>
> 2 Are the throttle cables currently being issued by the factory
> either teflon or nylon lined, and therefore less prone to internal
> friction?
>
>
> For the record, my aircraft has been flying for 5 years and has done about
> 300 hours with a 912UL.
>
>
> I recently read an article in South Africa about Ron van Leer's forced
> landing due to fuel leakage through porous "old type" rubber fuel pipes -
> the cotton covered pipes issued by the factory in the early years. I do
> hope
> that no-one is still flying with this type of flexible fuel pipe still
> installed; if you are, you are heading for engine failure if you do not
> notice seepage before you lose your power. I did note seepage in my
> aircraft
> a year or so ago, and very quickly changed my pipes for the current issue
> material.
>
>
> David
>
>
> G-BZAM - UK 265
>
>
>
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