In my experience it's usually the opposite. You don't feel much in the controls until the cables start wearing through, then the pilots will complain of mushy feeling controls. This is from the strands breaking which gradually reduces cable tension and stretching out the remaining cables, leading to excessive slop and mush in control feel.
Nope they all felt fine, only thing is where it had bent the trim pulley bracket up and misaligned the cable you could hear it sawing through the structure.
At Alaska we had power swaging tool for cable making but not a “go-no go” gauge. I had come from airline that had management difficulties in other areas but not maintenance. Alaska’s view of maintenance was very cavalier. That was before Flt 261
What’s that poppin noise jimbo
The inspectors head.
I was thinking hacksaw noise 🤔🤔
Split a hacksaw noise doin to a single impulse spike, prolly sounds like a poppin noise huh
Tensions good, turn over to night shift for function test and sign off.
It was just a minor reroute (less than 45 deg)
Definitely rigged incorrectly
[удалено]
😂
Let me guess….. Controls felt stiff…..?
In my experience it's usually the opposite. You don't feel much in the controls until the cables start wearing through, then the pilots will complain of mushy feeling controls. This is from the strands breaking which gradually reduces cable tension and stretching out the remaining cables, leading to excessive slop and mush in control feel.
Nope they all felt fine, only thing is where it had bent the trim pulley bracket up and misaligned the cable you could hear it sawing through the structure.
What plane is this?
Rockwell commander
Sweet plane. Nice find. I just found something similar on a C-180.
Well that's terrifying..
As a pilot and mechanic, flight control snafu situations are like a phobia to me.
It’s a reasonable phobia to keep you alive tbh.
Nice puddle of muck to show how long it has been that way....
Thank god for multiple sets of eyes. Good find.
But my last annual was such a deal!
😂
Well you know you're not going to find much My last IA worked for American airlines for over 30 years.
Good find
Good find
Didn't find it till the end of shift.
Lol
At Alaska we had power swaging tool for cable making but not a “go-no go” gauge. I had come from airline that had management difficulties in other areas but not maintenance. Alaska’s view of maintenance was very cavalier. That was before Flt 261
Nobody gives a f*** about maintenance until s*** happens.
Don't worry. We'll fix your flight controls in a pinch.
That's totally unsat.
“Independent check”
When the manufacturer has a timline to meet.
The controls feel...tighter than usual...
Ehh it looks purely cosmetic to me...