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Old 08-28-2015, 11:01 AM
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Great post, Darren!
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Old 08-28-2015, 12:40 PM
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Makes me glad I went with the Tail Lynx tail wheel cables sold by Van's.
http://www.vansaircraft.com/cgi-bin/...duct=tail-lynx
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Old 08-29-2015, 07:42 PM
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I've had three of them break. All different brands. Never have trusted them, thats why I put two of them on from the start. The reason I keep going back to them is that they clear the rudder and they give a more positive reaction to the tail wheel. The good thing about them is that when they break you don't know it until you do a post flight. What??? you don't do a post flight?? Haha.
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Old 08-30-2015, 12:23 AM
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It is actually fairly rough duty for a little AN3 Heim joint stem I think - and it has seen a lot of bouncing around in 500 hours. Actually, if I recall correctly this Silver bullet we got used from someone - so it might be more than that. We'll probably rebuild both ends when I get a few spares in hand Alex.
Concur Paul. I've had 5 failures in 1000 hours out of Stead (grand canyon expansion joins here). 3 different brands of link...2 links failed at the weld, and 3 bearings failed at the insertion point. All the bearing failures were at the aft end of the link, just like Paul's photo. Haven't seen a problem at the front, but Axel's point is good.

Its always been very controllable on the landings. Typically I haven't realized the TW steering was gone until turning off the runway, so it hasn't been dicey. I race with no link and a 4" TW too, so its not a horrid controllability concern, IMHO. Of course, the Super Six is docile on the ground...long and tall like a Rocket, and wider as a SBS, so YMMV.

As for root cause analysis?agreed Pete, we want to know why?but since you can hear an RV taxiing a mile away across the field here (sounds like a base drum at every joint), it seems logical. Tough TW duty here, as Paul said.

I know there is a tar flow off the coast of Madagascar, with all the tar we pour in the joints each year here that seems to disappear into the earth's core!

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