Wedekind Sleeve Source?

Tango Eight, the wire clips in your pictures are ok, but you still have to
insert them in a hole in the L'Hotellie, one advantage with your clips is
not having to remove the L'Hotellier when you originally install them.

The Wedekind sleeves is pulled back against its spring, then when the rod
is connected the sleeve is released, the sleeve under its spring tension
slides over the L'Hotellier, locking it in place.
To disconnect the control, the sleeve is pulled clear of L'Hotellier, the
L'Hotellier can then be disengaged.
I had Wedekind on my Cirrus, they are excellent, loved them.
Picture of Wedekind, http://aviation.derosaweb.net/wedekind/





At 16:08 05 March 2016, Tango Eight wrote:
On Saturday, March 5, 2016 at 10:22:31 AM UTC-5, Mark628CA wrote:
My first Pegasus had L'Hotellier fittings with safety pins, and the
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inspection hole was barely large enough for my forearm, so everything
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by feel. I hated it. My second Pegasus had the Wedekind sleeves, and are
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rth every penny you might spend. Control hookup went from ten minutes and
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uch cursing to about ten seconds.



Perhaps we aren't talking about the same kinds of clips. I hook up,
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and physically test six connections on my ASW-20B with one hand, by
feel,
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in about 90 seconds. Then I inspect by eye which takes about ten more.
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the clips are properly installed and tweaked for proper fit, they more
or
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less fall into place. =20

Here's a photo of a similar installation on a 20A.
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Here are the clips before installation:
http://tinyurl.com/zbjf6nh

Those may be home made (but as far as I know you can also buy from Shempp
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irth).

None of this is to suggest that Wedekind sleeves aren't up to the job or
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at installing them was a bad idea. I simply wanted to point out that
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is a good/fast/cheap option for those so inclined.

best,
Evan Ludeman / T8