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Changed my mind about torque wrenches on fabric control cables
I always thought you needed a torque wrench for every bolt on a fabric plane. Then I watched an old IA at Lockwood Aviation in Sebring tighten a cable turnbuckle by feel alone. He showed me a 1942 manual that said the proper tension is just snug with no threads showing. After checking his setup with a rigging tension meter, it was spot on to the spec tolerance. Anyone else ever get talked out of overcomplicating something basic by an old timer?
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karent751d ago
Why would you trust a guess over a $50 tool that gives you a real number?
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