Hi Carl,
Water comes from rain, splashes around in the wheel well, and freezes at about
0 C. Here in Finland at least. Temperature drops here, as everywhere else in
standard
air with 2 C per 1000 ft. Not so very difficult to reach freezing temperatures,
even on a nice warm summer day. Water will collect over time, in any
lower spot. You don't need much of it, to lock up completely when turned into
ice. I once had a frozen throttle cable on a snowmobile at close to full
throttle
,and that cable was pretty good, but not good enough protected against water
ingress. It was a pretty hairy, and very impressive demonstration of what
a droplet of iced water can do. According to Murphy, if it will happen, it will
happen in a situation where it can do most damage. Oh, i do have shrouds at
the in- out fuselage transition at the rear near the rudder. But that piece is
sloping down from the dry inside.
Everybody of course can do what he likes when diverting from factory ideas.
Shrouding
of course is a much easier way of guiding the cables. If you do, take
care to avoid a low spot!
Btw, how do you inspect your shrouded rudder cables or is it a case of what you
don't see does not matter :-) ?
Regards,
Jos Okhuijsen
Visit - www.EuropaOwners.org
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