Control Cables - Connecting a pilot's actions to the airplanes reactions
8/1/2000 12:00:00 AM By H.G. Frautschy (originally published in EAA Sport Aviation, August 2000)
Materials used to build airplanes seem to have contradictory qualities. Take control cable. It has to be flexible and strong. A length of 1/8-inch diameter, 7x19 galvanized cable has a breaking strength of 2,000 pounds-that’s enough to sustain the weight of a fully loaded Piper Cub, with a pretty good margin left over
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