[TowerTalk] Orion rotator application note

[Jeffrey R Davis]

I wrote earlier:

>Having drilled the bolts (and here I'm thinking about the rotator mounting
>bolts), you can daisy chain the safety wire through one bolt head to
>another, all the way around the circle. Twist the two ends together when
>they meet after going around the circle of bolt heads. Be sure to thread

It's been a while. The method I mention will work fine, but it's not the
"right" way
to do it. The right way is to push one end of the wire through the first
bolt. Loop the
wire around the side of the bolt head and twist the two ends together until
you get to the next bolt, where you feed one wire through and the other
wire around
the side and so on. Always ensure that the wiring is pulling the bolts
tighter, not
looser.

A mail order source for safety wire is Chief Aircraft
www.chiefaircraft.com/Aircraft/Hardware/SafetyWire.html
I found them on the internet and otherwise know nothing about them.

Sorry to dribble on about a subject that I've already said is overkill. But
having
started it, I want to get it right.

73,

Jeff N0DY



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