While on topic wires I once found a crack in front fitting where 2 wires meet. I took to aircraft the welder nearby and he added a smsll bit of a Web across corner where crack started then normalised the fitting and never an issue since.
I always check this fitting at annual check. Ian McPhee +61 428847642 Box 657 Byron Bay NSW 2481 On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 2:37 am Kristin Nowell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ian, > > Tom says thanks for your ditto squawk report, and on the NZ Mosquito > restorations - very cool. We just last night ended our latest audiobook > (bedtime story) of the memoir of a WWII German ace night fighter; it was > the Mosquito which put an end to his exploits hunting in the bomber > streams, being much faster than his Messerschmidt and having better onboard > radar detection capabilities... > > https://www.amazon.co.uk/Duel-Under-Stars-Memoir-Luftwaffe/dp/1784382582 > > Kristin > > > On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 9:01 AM Ian Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Tom. >> That's interesting .... I have had the same problem with our Dimona. It >> was caught just prior to breaking. >> The manufacturing quality was really bad. I think it had been bent in a >> vice >> as you could see the vice jaw marks. >> I made another one using a piece of 4130 steel , made twice the length of >> the bend and bent it over a mandrill. >> Of interest, the person I "scrounged: the piece of 4130 from is the >> builder >> of the Mosquito wooden airframes. His workshop is just up the road from >> us. >> They are currently producing the 5th fuse from the moulds >> >> Kind regards >> Ian Williams >> Tel: +64-21-980-194 >> >> *** Please note our new email address *** >> >> > On 6/06/2018, at 8:00 AM, Tom Preisser <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I always reach in the engine compartment and tug on the engine tension >> cables that resist the motor's thrust as part of my pre-flight. This >> morning all was well on the left side, but on the right side I felt >> nothing, >> because it was lying on the engine compartment floor. The steel 45 degree >> tab that anchors the turnbuckle and attaches to the firewall had failed >> completely, broken in half, apparently some time during the previous >> flight >> (probably taxiing on bumpy tway Charlie). Several hours before I had >> noticed a loosening of that cable and had adjusted the turnbuckle >> accordingly and tightened the through-firewall bolt which holds the tab, >> under the assumption that the looseness had been caused by the tab having >> rotated slightly. In fact, it appears that was the beginning of the end >> for >> that tab. The factory had put a rather sharp bend in this piece of steel >> (spec: 1.7734.1) - perhaps without normalizing afterward. This is an >> original piece with 1700 hours on it (and not itself a life-limited part, >> unlike the silent blocks and the turnbuckles and tension cables). I >> recommend that if you detect any looseness in your cables that you inspect >> the tab closely! I have replaced it using a piece of mild steel that is 3 >> mm thick rather than the original 2 mm. >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Tom >> > <WP_20180603_11_35_10_Pro.jpg> >> > <WP_20180603_11_35_27_Pro.jpg> >> > <WP_20180603_11_35_33_Pro.jpg> >> > <WP_20180604_16_01_55_Pro.jpg> >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > You are subscribed to the Dimona Owners Group mailing list. >> > To unsubscribe, send email to: [email protected] >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> You are subscribed to the Dimona Owners Group mailing list. >> To unsubscribe, send email to: [email protected] >> >>
