Andy, that's a good question. Actually, as far as I know, there isn't a way
to visually inspect then once they are assembled into the protective case.
One wonders why.

It would be easy to dip one end of the slotted links in, say, tan paint.
Seeing a link assembly with two white dogbones but with one showing a tan
end would indicate that the link had been assembled correctly.

Bill Daniels


"Andy" wrote in message
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Is it possible to see that one is slotted and one round holed when the
cable is ready to be hooked up to the glider? Surely the pilot must
be given the opportunity to inspect the links before accepting the
cable. It's a while since I winched and we used rope weak links then.

Andy