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     1. 08:42 AM - Re: MAC/Ray Allen trim actuator connections  (don van santen)
 
 
 
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Time: 08:42:40 AM PST US
From: don van santen <donvansanten@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: 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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