First flight of my F1 EVO Rocket occurred on Saturday.
De-cowled afterwards, found a couple minor rub spots and did a little surgery to the baffles.
Second flight yesterday and de-cowled again. While checking bolts etc. I looked at this:
This is a cable clamp and I have 3 of them, one each on the engine side of the throttle, mixture, and prop control cables. When I looked at it yesterday for some reason the thought went through my mind that the locking tab had swung out of place. Looking closer it was obvious that it was still as it should be, locking the cable in place. However the next thought was: IT COULD COME UNDONE, WHY ISN"T IT SAFETY WIRED??
I installed these, did my own final inspection on the airplane, the guvmint inspector (MDRA) inspected the airplane, the local mechanic on the field inspected the airplane, and I inspected FWF again myself after the first flight, and none of this picked up on the fact that these control cable clamps were not safety wired!
I was really surprised. There is even a handy little hole just above the tab for the safety wire. Just goes to show you can't have too many inspections.
De-cowled afterwards, found a couple minor rub spots and did a little surgery to the baffles.
Second flight yesterday and de-cowled again. While checking bolts etc. I looked at this:
This is a cable clamp and I have 3 of them, one each on the engine side of the throttle, mixture, and prop control cables. When I looked at it yesterday for some reason the thought went through my mind that the locking tab had swung out of place. Looking closer it was obvious that it was still as it should be, locking the cable in place. However the next thought was: IT COULD COME UNDONE, WHY ISN"T IT SAFETY WIRED??
I installed these, did my own final inspection on the airplane, the guvmint inspector (MDRA) inspected the airplane, the local mechanic on the field inspected the airplane, and I inspected FWF again myself after the first flight, and none of this picked up on the fact that these control cable clamps were not safety wired!
I was really surprised. There is even a handy little hole just above the tab for the safety wire. Just goes to show you can't have too many inspections.