Re: Europa-List: Re: Throttle cables with solid inner (piano wire)

[Dave Allen <dave11allen@gmail.com>]

I am interested to know how you made the adjustment to connect the cable at
the throttle lever.

Dave

On Thu, 11 Jun 2020 at 22:13, Pete <peterz@zutrasoft.com> wrote:

>
> FWIW:
> Understanding the reasoning behind the solid wire, I first replaced the
> broken solid (which by the way over-powered the carb=99s throttle s
pring and
> stuck it at the 20% throttle level) with another.  Examining the routing 
of
> the classic, the bends are too tight for solid wire, its friction too hig
h,
> and inducing fatigue cracking of the solid wire.  I sourced teflon-coated
> bicycle stranded cable, modified the ends appropriately, lubed them up wi
th
> teflon spray and installed them.  Repeated tests of slamming the throttle
> forward did not induce any kinking in the throttle box, as the stock rota
x
> springs have adequate tension to pull consistently.  I did however have t
o
> tighten the throttle box friction pivot to keep the throttle from creepin
g
> from the same spring tension.
>
> Bottom line, at least in my Classic, which has unavoidable tight bends,
> the throttles are smooth as silk, and the balancing was easy and has
> remained constant in the 50 hours so far (knock on wood).
>
> Just wanted to throw my experience out there fwiw.  I=99m just ecst
atic that
> the solid wire broke on the ground (with a passenger) and I didn=99
t lose
> power in the climb.
>
> Cheers and blue skies,
> Pete
>
>
> > On Jun 11, 2020, at 4:54 PM, h&amp;jeuropa <butcher43@att.net> wrote:
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> > We installed solid wire throttle cables during our initial build. We di
d
> it because there were a couple instances where pilots tried to add thrott
le
> quickly and the wire cables kinked in the throttle box and jammed.
> >
> > We tried to purchase piano wire to fit in the Europa supplied cables bu
t
> we were unable to straighten it so that it worked properly.  We purchased
> complete cables from Aircraft Spruce and have never had a problem.  We di
d
> have to devise fittings at each end.   As Gilles points out, our carbs st
ay
> in sync from year to year too.
> >
> > Jim & Heather
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> > Read this topic online here:
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> > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=496780#496780
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