by Dana » Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:13 pm
On my plane, the front flying wires and the center section wires are 1/4". The rear flying wires and the landing wires are 3/16", and the tail wires are 5/32". Not saying that's adequate, I haven't done any analysis, but apparently the wings haven't fallen off yet in thirty years of flying... Turnbuckles on all wires, they're pretty pricey nowadays too, though not as bad as streamline wires.
Gus Mihlebach, the original builder, is an engineer, and it shows. The cables are nicopress swaged, then wrapped with wire and soft soldered, just like the woven splices used to be.
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On my plane, the front flying wires and the center section wires are 1/4". The rear flying wires and the landing wires are 3/16", and the tail wires are 5/32". Not saying that's adequate, I haven't done any analysis, but apparently the wings haven't fallen off yet in thirty years of flying... Turnbuckles on all wires, they're pretty pricey nowadays too, though not as bad as streamline wires.
Gus Mihlebach, the original builder, is an engineer, and it shows. The cables are nicopress swaged, then wrapped with wire and soft soldered, just like the woven splices used to be.
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