Finally all the control cables have been rebuilt. We used approx 100 ft of aircraft spruce CONTROL CABLE 1/8 7X19 SS with copper Nicopress sleves. The pulleys were replaced with the new style low friction ones (they have a bearing). Some of the phenolic cable passage are original and were just cleaned. I decided to …
In the last couple of months I had time to restart working on N46TC and in particular I reinstalled the landing gear and the brakes. One of the gear was “towed-in” so we heated the axle with oxyacetylene and corrected the alignment. This is just a temporary assembly to verify that everything fits before …
After some searching around I have located an A-7 magneto switch on Ebay. Now I need to decide between the repair kit at: http://www.airrepairinc.com/a7-switch.html or, in alternative, the following is a nice trick: http://www.eaa.org/vintageaircraft/articles/0912_tidbits.asp Please Read and Understand the Legal Disclaimer
