Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Doug413(at)aol.com
Pietenpol-List message posted by: javier cruz HI FRIENDSWELL, I NEED SOME HELP ON THE ELEVATOR CONTROL CABLES:THIS IS THE PROBLEM:THE CABLES ARE ADJUSTED WITH THE CONTROL TUBE SET ONNEUTRAL (0 DEGREES), AND THE TORQUE TUBE SAME ( 0DEGREES) THE CABLES ARE AT 30 POUNDS OF TENSION(RECOMENDED BY A AVIATION MECHANIC), WHEN I MOVE THECONTROL TUBE 20 DEGREES NOSE UP OR NOSE DOWN THECABLES LOSE THE TENSION , BECOME LOOSE TOO MUCH,------------------------I don"t know about that 30 lbs. I don't know what the tension on mycontrol cables is, I adjusted the turnbuckles until the cables worked.MikeB Piet N687MB ( Mr Sam )________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Steve Eldredge
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: contol cablesIn a message dated 6/18/01 12:45:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, mb-albany(at)worldnet.att.net writes:> WELL, I NEED SOME HELP ON THE ELEVATOR CONTROL CABLES:> THIS IS THE PROBLEM:> THE CABLES ARE ADJUSTED WITH THE CONTROL TUBE SET ON> NEUTRAL (0 DEGREES), AND THE TORQUE TUBE SAME ( 0> DEGREES) THE CABLES ARE AT 30 POUNDS OF TENSION> (RECOMENDED BY A AVIATION MECHANIC), WHEN I MOVE THE> CONTROL TUBE 20 DEGREES NOSE UP OR NOSE DOWN THE> CABLES LOSE THE TENSION , BECOME LOOSE TOO MUCH,> ------------------------> > I don"t know about that 30 lbs. I don't know what the tension on my> control cables is, I adjusted the turnbuckles until the cables worked.> > MikeB Piet N687MB ( Mr Sam )> > > Mike,Use the method mentioned above until it works. Travel sounds right. My experience is that none of the control cables need to be any tighter than needed to make them work. Doug Bryant Wichita Ks ________________________________________________________________________________