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Warren, et al: I must admit I find this quite confusing. So, some of this may in fact be wrong. I was not the one that brought up the 350# thing, but it seens to me that if each cable of a bell crank had a 175# weight hanging from it, then the tension on the bellcrank pivot bearing would be 350#, which I think is what the other guy was saying. As far as the unequal length arms go, A Cessna 140 has unequal length bell crank arms on the aileron bell cranks. The shorter arms (If I recall correctly) are connected togther by the carrythrough cable. The longer arms are connected to individual cables that go to the yokes. If you set the yoke cables up with 30# (Cessna says "about 30 lbs") and then measure the tension on the carrythrough cable, it is higher due to the leverage advantage from the shorter arms. I know this is true because I lost a bet on it... John --------------------------------- to unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________ T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01
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