Thread: c-152 rudder???
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Old December 19th 04, 06:35 PM
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The Cessna's aileron control system uses bellcranks in
the wings, with pushrods from the bellcranks to the aileron, and cables
from the bellcranks to the control wheels. A departed aileron would
hopefully take the rod off and leave the airplane, and the bellcranks
should continue to operate. If the rod didn't fail, or iff the
bellcrank was damaged, the whole system would be fouled up. An airplane
such as a Cub, or my Jodel, that has cables directly to the ailerons,
would have no aileron control at all if one aileron failed. All the
cable tensions are gone. You might have control in one direction, and
not the other.

Dan