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Builder Name:Jeff Seaborn   -  
Project:   Dalotel DM165   -   VIEW REPORTS
Total Hours:653
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Start/Last Date:Nov 06, 2019 - Nov 06, 2019
Engine:Originally Continental IO-346 A what? Yep, an IO-346 as used in Muskateers of the same vintage
Propeller:A Regy Wooden Fixed Pitch What the heck is that? A French prop from that era
Panel:Steam gauges circa 1969. In French and in metric. Yikes!
 
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Oct 02, 2021     New rudder cables - (1 hour)       Category: Controls
After a long break on the project I started back on it by installing the recently ordered new, custom made, rudder cables. It should have been easy but I ran into some frustrations. For some reason I ordered 5/32" diameter cable. I should have ordered the cables as 1/8". I was tempted to use the 5/32" cable except that it doesn't fit into the original pulleys that are mounted in the rear of the fuselage. The pulleys are truly unnecessary since it's on a straight run of the cables. However, they were there, so I want to use them. I installed the 5/32" cable anyway to get a feel of the layout and reinstalled the bakelite bushings from the original cable run.

One of the interesting Dalotel features was that some of the bushings were screwed and then safety wired in place. The safety wire ran through the edge of the bakelite bushing. See attached picture.

I'm now working with A/C Spruce to get the correct sized rudder cables.


 


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