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Roger Lee

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Tucson, Az.

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:59 pm Post subject: Re: 912 Throttle Cable Failure

400' per minute drop is nothing. d When doing auto-rotations in my helicopter it would drop 1400'-1600' per minute. It's all in what you get used to. That's why you need to try it so your ready if or when the day comes so you don't miss your landing spot. With a little practice you can get within 20' of a predetermined touchdown spot and when it's an emergency that may be exactly what you need. You won't under or over shoot your spot with a little practice.

You will have confidence that you can calmly handle any engine out.

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John Hauck

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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:29 pm Post subject: 912 Throttle Cable Failure

Subject: Re: 912 Throttle Cable Failure

 Dennis/Gang:



Spend a buck and get a new cable.  Why take a chance on another 

failure.



Your home soldered cable is not the first failure I have heard about.



john h

mkIII

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Dave Bigelow

Joined: 29 Jan 2006
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Location: Kamuela, Hawaii

Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:44 pm Post subject: Re: 912 Throttle Cable Failure

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		  Spend a buck and get a new cable. Why take a chance on another 

failure. 



Your home soldered cable is not the first failure I have heard about. 



john h 

mkIII 	




I agree with John.  You can get cables with professionally soldered ends in custom lengths from California Power Systems at a reasonable price.



It's also important to make sure the throttle end is properly done too - those disconnects between pilot and engine can ruin your whole day.

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John Hauck

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Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:52 pm Post subject: 912 Throttle Cable Failure

You can get cables with professionally soldered ends in custom 

lengths from California Power Systems at a reasonable price.

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| Dave Bigelow

Dave:



Over all my years flying Kolbs, I have always used throttle and 

enricher cables supplied by Kolb.  Give Travis a call.  He'll fix you 

up with the best.  I have never had a throttle cable failure.  One 

less problem to worry about.



john h

mkIII

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Dennis.Kirby(at)kirtland.
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:44 am Post subject: 912 Throttle Cable Failure

John H. suggests: << Spend a buck and get a new cable.  Why take a

chance on another failure. Your home soldered cable is not the first

failure I have heard about. john h >>



Thanks for the tip, John - I did exactly that.



I bought a replacement cable from the local bicycle shop ($5) with a

factory-pressed cable end.  I had to file it down a bit so it would fit

in the little slot in the splitter slider.  Have already test flown with

the new cable - all seems OK. 



If I ever need to do this again, I will do it as Richard Pike suggests:

Fray the cable end that sticks out from the ferrule, then solder in a

big glop of solder into the frayed strands.  THAT should keep it from

pulling out again! 



Dennis Kirby

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