Ken Patton
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Could someone give me an idea of the sizes (gauge) of “SAFETY TIE WIRE” I need to have on hand for building the RV 12is.
Also, you are not using safety wire correctly unless your fingers are bleeding...
A good pair of safety wire pliers is sure helpful, and Milbar is the brand name to get. I prefer the longer sizes. A pair I got in 1969 is still in use and still in perfect condition, so don't worry about the cost of one of these. It'll last.
I also use a pair of duckbill pliers. These have thin flat tips.
The two together handle most jobs. The duckbill ones hare good for the final few turns, and for bending the end over so that you don't get stabbed by it. I can't recall ever getting injured by safety wire but I suppose it probably happened.
Dave
When's the last time you did a conditional inspection and removed the blasted gascolator with those 4 screws safety wired up at the top, retaining the fuel bowl?
When's the last time you did a conditional inspection and removed the blasted gascolator with those 4 screws safety wired up at the top, retaining the fuel bowl?
I don't have the gascolator you do. Both my C180 and my RV-3B have different ones, secured differently.
Perhaps you can design a different locking method. And perhaps you might be able to use the single-wire method here.
Dave
Also, you are not using safety wire correctly unless your fingers are bleeding...