Richard
Final Approach
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Ack...city life
I think I got a handle on why we seemed to run out of rudder after landing. Seems the 'horns' where the control cables attach to the wheel (Scott 3200) were bent upward a bit. A bent horn will result in a slack cable. Evidently, this happens when someone stomps on the pedals too hard, too quickly (wasn't me!). Also, what I'm hearing (2 pilots) is this is a fairly common problem, or is it?
Another potential problem I'm going to research is how often can these horns be bent back into shape. My concern here is that a former owner now remembers having had this problem several years ago. His fix was to have a local A&P bend the horns back into shape.
It seems to me it would be a torsional force which would cause the horn to deflect. That makes me wonder if it is a design flaw or could be improperly tensioned or mis-rigged cables?
Another potential problem I'm going to research is how often can these horns be bent back into shape. My concern here is that a former owner now remembers having had this problem several years ago. His fix was to have a local A&P bend the horns back into shape.
It seems to me it would be a torsional force which would cause the horn to deflect. That makes me wonder if it is a design flaw or could be improperly tensioned or mis-rigged cables?
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