Ragwing Flap Control Question

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N2520V
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Ragwing Flap Control Question

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Ragwing Guys -

In the 48, the flap system is controlled by a single cable from the flap handle to the rear of the cabin roof where it attaches to two additional cables, one to each wing. What is the attach mechanism for joining these three cables together? Nothing aside from turnbuckles show sin the parts manual, but it seems that there must be a triangular piece of something for each cable to attach to. Can anyone with a ragwing shed some light on this for me?

Thanks.

-Dustin
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Re: Ragwing Flap Control Question

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It is an AN23-15A bolt and AN365-1032 nut.

According to Ron Huckins, the cable has a swaged ball end and passes thru either a SA361 eye-end or SA 362 fork-end. The left and right flap cables have turnbuckles whose eyes are captured by an AN23-15A clevis bolt and AN365-1032 nut. (Think of a "Y" pattern for the cables departure path.)

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AN23 clevis bolt

Here is an eye-end (SA361).
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All these are available from Aircraft Spruce.
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Re: Ragwing Flap Control Question

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Here are a couple pictures of my flap cable circuit in the overhead tunnel. I don't know if they are large enough to see anything but it is all turnbarrels with eye ends.

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Steve

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Thanks guys! Makes sense to me know, I'm a little slow. Sure appreciate the help!

-Dustin
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No, I can't spell either.... :oops:
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Re: Ragwing Flap Control Question

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Thanks for posting those pics, Steve.

The IPC lists only the AN23 bolt and AN365 nut. It looks like Steve's lower control cable has a swaged end fitting and Ron's had a swaged ball and eye-end. Both installations exactly the same arrangement of attaching the left and right flap cables using the bolt/nut to hold them on each side of the lower control cable, whichever fitting you might have on it.
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