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Title: Avoided Disaster Today....Learning from Previous Mistakes))))
Post by: Shug Emery on October 11, 2014, 03:12:23 PM: Was out doing my last trims and practice before the Carolina Criterium Contest and was checking my lines, clips, handle and lo and behold.....had a huge fray in the handle cable. Luckily I had an extra handle so switched out. Will get this one re-cabled.
So the lesson I learned from my Mustang crash saved me today as I flew the Plan B. Always pre-flight)))))
Whew.
Wow.
Yeah!
Shug
Title: Re: Avoided Disaster Today....Learning from Previous Mistakes))))
Post by: Clint Ormosen on October 11, 2014, 03:35:03 PM: Ditch the cable handles and go to a hard point style. You'll like them better anyway.
Title: Re: Avoided Disaster Today....Learning from Previous Mistakes))))
Post by: wwwarbird on October 11, 2014, 04:21:22 PM: Quote from: Clint Ormosen on October 11, 2014, 03:35:03 PM
Ditch the cable handles and go to a hard point style. You'll like them better anyway.

Yup, what Clint sez, I've (finally) changed out almost all of my handles to hard point versions this season. y1
Title: Re: Avoided Disaster Today....Learning from Previous Mistakes))))
Post by: Tim Wescott on October 11, 2014, 05:51:49 PM: Quote from: Clint Ormosen on October 11, 2014, 03:35:03 PM
Ditch the cable handles and go to a hard point style. You'll like them better anyway.

+1
Title: Re: Avoided Disaster Today....Learning from Previous Mistakes))))
Post by: John Fitzgerald on October 11, 2014, 05:54:54 PM: +2
Title: Re: Avoided Disaster Today....Learning from Previous Mistakes))))
Post by: Steve Helmick on October 11, 2014, 06:46:12 PM: +3 y1 #^ VD~ R%%%% Steve
Title: Re: Avoided Disaster Today....Learning from Previous Mistakes))))
Post by: Shug Emery on October 11, 2014, 09:13:40 PM: I have a hard point on my Prowler but that red handle came with a plane (Mustang) that was gifted to me.
Still on handle experimentation....a win for the hard point so it seems.
Time to be even more vigilant!
Title: Re: Avoided Disaster Today....Learning from Previous Mistakes))))
Post by: john e. holliday on October 12, 2014, 07:32:43 AM: I guess my day is coming. All the years I have been flying and competing never had a cable handle have that happen. Might check where the cable comes thru the handle, might be a sharp edge. Yes hard points are great handles, but I still test fly with cable handles for the easy adjustment.
Title: Re: Avoided Disaster Today....Learning from Previous Mistakes))))
Post by: ericrule on October 12, 2014, 12:45:17 PM: From the look of the picture the handle has been modified as there seems to be two additional bolts running through the front plate. The front plate contains two smooth brass circles which spread the cable apart and over which the cable runs. By adding the two extra bolts I strongly suspect that the threads in these bolts are what is causing the unusual wear on the cable. Remove them and the problem should go away.
Title: Re: Avoided Disaster Today....Learning from Previous Mistakes))))
Post by: Shug Emery on October 12, 2014, 04:52:17 PM: Quote from: ericrule on October 12, 2014, 12:45:17 PM
From the look of the picture the handle has been modified as there seems to be two additional bolts running through the front plate. The front plate contains two smooth brass circles which spread the cable apart and over which the cable runs. By adding the two extra bolts I strongly suspect that the threads in these bolts are what is causing the unusual wear on the cable. Remove them and the problem should go away.
I'll have to ask the feller who gave it to me if it came that way.....good call.