aadamson
Well Known Member
Does anyone know of a fitting that can be used to "end" a rudder cable. I'm building a composite airplane and the rudder pedal cables, end at the firewall, but the default setup is to use a thimble, loop the cable around it, and then swage it around the thimble. Then you use bolt to secure that to the firewall. I saw one done that I like better, you pull the cable thru the firewall and a large flat washer. Then I saw a round ball about .75 to 1" that was a clamp, I'm sure it was a two piece with tongue in groove type locking mechanism. You screwed it together with two or 4 allen screws and nuts. This provided the stop, then they pull a little bit of the cable into a loop as swaged it so they would have something to pull to adjust the tension if needed.
It doesn't have to be a round ball type clamp, it could be a barrel type.... But I've yet to find any on my web searching. perhaps I dont know what they are called? Or maybe the just don't exist?
Any help appreciated.
Alan
It doesn't have to be a round ball type clamp, it could be a barrel type.... But I've yet to find any on my web searching. perhaps I dont know what they are called? Or maybe the just don't exist?
Any help appreciated.
Alan