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| Subject: | Re: MAC/Ray Allen trim actuator connections |
I use clear heat shrink to alliw easy cutting at the joint between the pin
and socket
On Sat, Jun 12, 2021, 20:00 Robert L. Nuckolls, III <
nuckolls.bob@aeroelectric.com> wrote:
> At 11:04 PM 6/11/2021, you wrote:
>
> For those tiny wires I like to use crimp-type D-sub pins and sockets.=C3
=82
> Stagger the joints and heat-shrink each one, then heat-shrink all five.
=C3=82
> They don't need to be in a housing. It makes a fairly=C3=82 small and
> manageable=C3=82 bulge.=C3=82 I think Bob has a write-up on this techni
que.
>
>
> The last frame of this comic-book describes
> this technique:
>
> https://tinyurl.com/c5v2xvm
>
> . . . and yes, those 26AWG leads are of questionable
> design integrity. I've spoken with Ray-Allen folks
> at OSH about this numerous times 20+ years ago
> only to be rebuffed. So be it. It's their product.
> But anything less than 22AWG wire in the airframe
> bundles only increases fabrication labor and risk,
> it's not good practice in the GA industry.
>
> Raytheon-Beech DID use quite a bit of 24AWG wire
> in Model 390 airframe bundles. Assembly line folks
> hated the stuff but it DID save some weight in a very
> complex airplane (Premier). For our purposes
> any benefits secured by the use of tiny wires
> are washed out by degradation of robustness.
>
> Bob . . .
>
> Un impeachable logic: George Carlin asked, "If black boxes
> survive crashes, why don't they make the whole airplane
> out of that stuff?"
>
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