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Comment on "Just found a frayed upper rear cable on my wing!"
Well done Ken! Do you have any ideas how it became frayed?- Ken, is it making contact with anything else in that area? How did it get frayed?
Comment on "Just found a frayed upper rear cable on my wing!"
Good catch Ken! What I see on that picture is a deformed thimble and a frayed cable. The thimble is not a perfect teardrop, unless it was made that way, but I highly doubt it since...- ...OF ABOUT 75 FEET, THE FABRIC SEPARATED FROM THE RIGHT WING AND THE WING FAILED. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THE RUDDER CONTROL CABLE WAS FRAYED, HAD BROKEN, AND WAS OF THE W...
- ...ht. I am sure we are all guilty at some point at rushing a preflight but I do agree that preflight inspection is the best cure. Recently I found a frayed cable in my post flight. it w...