I used original Europa throttle cables
but shortened them and routed
them directly to the carburrettors
(w/o any loops as per manual)
and they seem to work very well.
No binding at all.
In fact I have some difficulties to get enough
friction to the throttle lever to prevent its
"auto-moves" and to keep it idle w/o hand.
Raimo
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----- Original Message -----
From: "josok" <josok-e@ukolo.fi>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Baby Blue is back!
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> Hi Giles,
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> "How about dispensing with the springs, and replacing the cables with
> piano wire ? "
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> Do you really advise here to get rid of a safety feature?
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> In case of a broken throttle cable or piano wire, you might end up with a very
silent engine. The problem here is too tight routing of a throttle cable. Change
the inner cable with a solid wire, and things will improve, probably until,
because of the same tight routing the wire breaks sooner then might be
expected.
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> Aircraft carburettors have springs to pull full throttle in case something
> goes
wrong with the linkage. Please be careful when changing the basics!
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> Regards,
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> Jos Okhuijsen
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