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a.s.elliott(at)cox.net
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:41 am Post subject: galvanized versus stainless cables

Some experience from the certified world - I used to own a '69 AA-1  Yankee.  It came with galvanized cables that, for the rudder, ran under  some pulleys very close to the floor.  After about *30* years in service,  some aircraft that lived in corrosive environments (near the ocean) began to  have problems with that cable breaking due to invisible corrosion weakening  internal strands.  The solution was to both use larger diameter pulleys and  to replace the cables with stainless. 

  

 All that being said, I imagine that the fully suspended cables in the 601XL  ought to last nearly forever, even in galvanized.  If you want to put in a  "replace every 30 years" note in your maintenance directions...  

  

 FWIW,

 Andy Elliott, Mesa, AZ

N601GE (reserved)

601XL/TD/QB, Corvair,  building...

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