---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 03/19/19: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:39 AM - Re: Ragwing Ultra-Piet (cdlwingnut) 2. 08:34 AM - Re: Ragwing Ultra-Piet (taildrags) 3. 09:46 AM - Re: Re: Ragwing Ultra-Piet (Ken Bickers) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:39:42 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Ragwing Ultra-Piet From: "cdlwingnut" I had a little help so I got out the nicopress and connected the cables from the control stick to the ball crank. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=488143#488143 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/20190318_140425_resized_180.jpg ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:34:19 AM PST US Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Ragwing Ultra-Piet From: "taildrags" You will want to trim off the tag ends of the cables where they stick out past the pressed sleeves, just so those ends don't hang up on anything. It will look a little neater too. When I re-did the tail brace wires on my airplane I slipped some heat-shrink tubing onto the cables before making up the thimbles, then slid it back over to cover the tag end after the pressing was done and I was happy with the connections. That was on thimbles that I had the chance to make myself, but since I didn't originally build my Piet, there were some thimbles and shackles that had some fraying cables that would snag my cleaning cloth or hand (ouch) and I couldn't get heat-shrink tubing onto those, so I used safety wire to whip those down smooth (wind over the cable connection with wire). Wire wrapping gives a more old-timey look, too. Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR Air Camper NX41CC, A75 power -------- Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR Air Camper NX41CC "Scout" A75 power, 72x36 Culver prop Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=488147#488147 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 09:46:55 AM PST US From: Ken Bickers Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: Ragwing Ultra-Piet ... another little trick, adding onto Oscar's, is to use a small piece of electrical tape to pull the tag end against the standing cable before sliding the heat shrink tubing over the tag end. The electrical tape will keep individual wires from poking through the heat shrink tubing, now or later. cheers, Ken On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 9:37 AM taildrags wrote: > > You will want to trim off the tag ends of the cables where they stick out > past the pressed sleeves, just so those ends don't hang up on anything. It > will look a little neater too. When I re-did the tail brace wires on my > airplane I slipped some heat-shrink tubing onto the cables before making up > the thimbles, then slid it back over to cover the tag end after the > pressing was done and I was happy with the connections. That was on > thimbles that I had the chance to make myself, but since I didn't > originally build my Piet, there were some thimbles and shackles that had > some fraying cables that would snag my cleaning cloth or hand (ouch) and I > couldn't get heat-shrink tubing onto those, so I used safety wire to whip > those down smooth (wind over the cable connection with wire). Wire > wrapping gives a more old-timey look, too. > > Oscar Zuniga > Medford, OR > Air Camper NX41CC, A75 power > > -------- > Oscar Zuniga > Medford, OR > Air Camper NX41CC "Scout" > A75 power, 72x36 Culver prop > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=488147#488147 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message pietenpol-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Pietenpol-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/pietenpol-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/pietenpol-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.