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mountain4don
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 Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject: Holes in plastic cable guides |
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I am starting to run control cables in the fuselage of my 601XL. What size should I drill the holes in the plastic cable guides? Should they be as tight as I can get them? Or is a little space better. 5/32" is about as small as I can get the cables through. Or should they be a little larger like 3/16"?
Don Mountain
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| Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:23 am Post subject: Holes in plastic cable guides |
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Don
It really depends on how clean you cut the cables. If you can get them thru a 5/32 hole go for it but if your cables fray some you might have a problem getting them thru.
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I am starting to run control cables in the fuselage of my 601XL. What size should I drill the holes in the plastic cable guides? Should they be as tight as I can get them? Or is a little space better. 5/32" is about as small as I can get the cables through. Or should they be a little larger like 3/16"?
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Gig Giacona
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| Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 6:27 am Post subject: Re: Holes in plastic cable guides |
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I'm pretty sure I used a #20 drill bit for all of those.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:00 am Post subject: Holes in plastic cable guides |
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Don,
The hole size is not critical, as long as you can get the cable through it. The guide (fairlead) is at a place where the cable changes direction slightly. When the cable is under tension, it will be snug against one side of the hole. Even a round-ended slot would work; and, in fact, they are called for in a few places. With a slot, you need a loop of safety wire across the slot to capture the cable while it is slack. The safety wire loop serves no purpose when the cable is tensioned. The drawings call for a #20 drill bit, but I think any size hole, up to your 3/16" would be OK.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:20 am Post subject: Holes in plastic cable guides |
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On the quick-build kits some of the holes are large enough to pass the entire turnbuckle through.
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