Original Posted By: Fisherman Caye
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Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Stabilizer wires and fittings (aircraft quality).
Re: Pietenpol-List: stabilizer wires and fittings
Original Posted By: Jfelts101(at)aol.com
Add me to the chorus that the tail is an externally-braced box structurewhich would fail absent even one wire. With the discussion about what wireto use, though, I have found that "music wire", also called spring wire, isproper. It is sold in any catalog, AS&S, etc. Most good hardware storesalso stock it. It is not particularly expensive.One word of caution: the wire comes in a small square box. The wire iscoiled up and tied off with soft wire. PLAN CAREFULLY when you cut the softwires off because the coil unravels with a vengeance. Once I tried holdingthe coil by hand and cutting the wires off . . . BIG mistake, because youcannot put it down. When the coil started to unravel in my hands andcutting, I had to throw it down . . . got slapped by it three or four timesbefore it was through. Lesson learned.________________________________________________________________________________
Add me to the chorus that the tail is an externally-braced box structurewhich would fail absent even one wire. With the discussion about what wireto use, though, I have found that "music wire", also called spring wire, isproper. It is sold in any catalog, AS&S, etc. Most good hardware storesalso stock it. It is not particularly expensive.One word of caution: the wire comes in a small square box. The wire iscoiled up and tied off with soft wire. PLAN CAREFULLY when you cut the softwires off because the coil unravels with a vengeance. Once I tried holdingthe coil by hand and cutting the wires off . . . BIG mistake, because youcannot put it down. When the coil started to unravel in my hands andcutting, I had to throw it down . . . got slapped by it three or four timesbefore it was through. Lesson learned.________________________________________________________________________________