---------------------------------------------------------- Tailwind-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 03/07/05: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:20 AM - Rudder Cables (PullSomeGs@aol.com) 2. 05:20 AM - Fw: [FlyRotary] You think you have problems! (Jerry Hey) 3. 10:54 AM - Re: Rudder Cables (Paul Baron) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:20:50 AM PST US From: PullSomeGs@aol.com Subject: Tailwind-List: Rudder Cables Aircraft Spruce screwed up my rudder cable order... anyone know of a quicker option? I have a nicopress tool, but like the swaged MS ends much better. Thanks, Skip Stewart Airshows PullSomeGs@aol.com _www.SkipStewartAirshows.com_ (http://www.skipstewartairshows.com/) 901-355-4100 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:20:51 AM PST US s=test1; d=earthlink.net; b=VrXYcZeYMBRQJ8HmBNunT/R5pb7FdIpXGn6uSiAAEduoUGbj+qFRlIa5z4HXZHv0; Subject: Tailwind-List: Fwd: [FlyRotary] You think you have problems! From: Jerry Hey This AD was published on one of the Rotary engine discussion sites. Jerry Begin forwarded message: > From: "Ed Anderson" > Date: Mon Mar 7, 2005 8:02:30 AM America/Indianapolis > To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" > Subject: [FlyRotary] You think you have problems! > Reply-To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" > > > I think sometimes, we get so wrapped up in our small R&D projects that > we forget that at least we have control over it.=A0 Imagine just having > spent close to an outlandish $200,000 - $300,000 for a new single > engine Cessna and then getting the AD mentioned below.=A0 > > Ed > > > Ed Anderson > Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered > Matthews, NC > eanderson@carolina.rr.com > > > Emergency AD Affects New 172s, 182s > If you've recently taken delivery of a new Cessna 172 or 182, check the serial number against a list in an Emergency Airworthiness Directive issued Friday. A few dozen of the brand-new airplanes are grounded until they can be inspected for potential control rigging problems. "The FAA has been notified that inadequate or incorrect flight controls rigging may exist on recently produced Cessna Models 172R, 172S, 182T and T182T," the Emergency AD reads. It should be stressed that the affected airplanes are grounded. No ferry permits or repositioning flights will be allowed. Cessna staff discovered various problems with aircraft still in the factory. However, it's believed that some potentially flawed airplanes were delivered (i.e., flown) to their new owners, who, presumably, have also been flying them. > ...Long List Of Defects...Long List Of Defects > What's perhaps most disturbing about this AD is the breadth of defects discovered by Cessna technicians. Normally an AD focuses on a specific part or system in an airplane but this one identifies a Pandora's box of potentially serious issues. According to the AD, Cessna found misrigged and misaligned control surfaces, a missing bolt on a flap push/pull rod, cables chafing fuel lines (resulting in damaged fuel lines), cables routed outside cotter pins, crossed cables, cables routed outside of pulleys, cables rubbing on bulkheads and center consoles, unpinned or improperly pinned barrels on control cables and a bent flap bell crank. These are new aircraft, remember. The AD calls for an immediate, detailed one-time inspection of the flight control system and repairs, as necessary, to bring the system up to standard. Since the AD prohibits any flights before compliance, those with aircraft in places without suitable maintenance facilities are advised to phone Cessna Product Support at 316-517-5800. > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 10:54:54 AM PST US Subject: Re: Tailwind-List: Rudder Cables From: Paul Baron --> Tailwind-List message posted by: Paul Baron Skip a sailboat rigging shop has high quality fittings and can do the swaging for you. Paul CVX ___ Sent with SnapperMail www.snappermail.com