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I use the safety pins from Knauff and Grove - try them - there are
"right" and "left" safety pins specially made for the L'Hotellier connectors - try Knauff and Grove - and get a couple spares and you are set for a long time. |
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Good info Bob,
Those are the ones I've been looking for. Jim |
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"jphoenix" wrote in
oups.com: Bob, Those 416's don't fit very well in the outer panel connection control rod tubes in the N3. I don't like the idea of using that large of a safety pin there, I'm sure it would catch on the end of the rod housing. I use safety wire so I can bend it back flush and there's no chance of it catching the end of the tube opening. I like Gary's idea of those very small clips. Maybe there's an AN equivelant, but I've never seen one. Inside the fuselage, I use Wedekind sleeves, but again, no room for the Wedekind sleeves out in the outer panel connections. Hopefully the FAA won't be lurking behind any bushes (or maybe trolling the OLC for violations) when I install my Lowe's hairclip pins;-) Jim OK, Jim. I guess I jumped on Gary a bit too quickly. All my personal experience is with Pik-20's and ASW-20's and similar gliders in which the safety pins are fairly easy to see, install, and inspect. AN416-2's work well in those applications and probably many others. They fit the holes in the connectors snugly and lock positively. The AN416-2 would be the safety pin of choice in most "normal" applications. I can see that on a LS-6 or on open class outer panels that clearances and installation effort could be a problem. I have also seen that it is exactly these gliders that seem to have the most problems with controls becoming disconnected. Coincidence? Be careful out there... I have personally moved on to gliders with all automatic hookups. They offer additional peace of mind and are typically more tolerant of casual assembly (which is difficult for me to understand why it occurs). The difference in cost of the gliders with automatic hookups is, of course, much more than the $0.23 each cost of the AN416-2. I am also not aware of ANY available open class competitive racing glider with completely automatic hookups. -Bob Korves |
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Bob K.,
I still use the AN416's - 7 each on my 1-26. Looking at the accident stats on the FAA database (also NTSB I suppose) I see a lot of ASW-20's lost their elevator connections, but I suppose that's pretty well known in the community. I can't imagine not getting my (Nimbus 3) ailerons connected, it takes a half hour to safety everything out there. I would surely miss that time not spent in rigging - getting done a half hour earlier (1 hour rigging instead of 1.5 hours) than normal would be an alarm bell to me! Jim |
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