> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 at 6:53 PM > From: "Flesner via KRnet" <krnet at list.krnet.org> > To: KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> > Subject: KR> 15 year life on Control Cable and fittings > > At 02:52 PM 4/2/2015, you wrote: > >As Sid correctly points out, all the listed fittings are Swaged > >fittings. When the cable is swaged inside a sleeve, it is > >impossible to inspect inside the sleeve for corrosion. > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > I had all my cables Swaged at the local University aviation > maintenance training school. Should I be concerned? > > Larry Flesner
I don't know. This is an Australian A.D. Whether it makes sense for you to do or not is entirely up to you. Like many ADs, it's a one size fits all fix. So should a plane that lives in a hangar in the dry desert air be treated the same as a plane that sits out on the ramp on the coast and is exposed to salt air and lots of moisture? Probably not, but ADs are almost always written for worst case scenarios. Taken with a grain of salt, you should probably figure where your plane fits in a sliding scale where on end is the hangared desert plane and the other is the coastal ramp rat. Then decide on some point between 15 years and never for when you need to replace your cables. I've flown a lot of 1946 vintage planes that still had original cables. -Jeff Scott
