Renzo Corvetta
Member
Dear all,
a fellow RV builder (RV-6 and Harmon Rocket) suggested to check the crimping of the thick battery/starter/alternator cables furnished with my kit. He experienced an in flight failure with a recently purchased (and professionally built) RV-10 of the local flying club. In that case the terminals were so poorly crimped that one could be pulled off by hand! I have a video-clip of it. He checked on a RV-9 and he found the same picture.
I checked mines and was not able to pull off any terminal. Actually I did not pull seriously because the cables are already installed but just looking at them I do not feel comfortable. As a rookie my crimpings (on much smaller cables) look much, much better! Therefore I will hire an avionics specialist with a strong crimping vice and have them all re-crimped.
Anyone else sharing the same (bad) experiences?
a fellow RV builder (RV-6 and Harmon Rocket) suggested to check the crimping of the thick battery/starter/alternator cables furnished with my kit. He experienced an in flight failure with a recently purchased (and professionally built) RV-10 of the local flying club. In that case the terminals were so poorly crimped that one could be pulled off by hand! I have a video-clip of it. He checked on a RV-9 and he found the same picture.
I checked mines and was not able to pull off any terminal. Actually I did not pull seriously because the cables are already installed but just looking at them I do not feel comfortable. As a rookie my crimpings (on much smaller cables) look much, much better! Therefore I will hire an avionics specialist with a strong crimping vice and have them all re-crimped.
Anyone else sharing the same (bad) experiences?