ORIGINAL: mechmove
I was discussing an in-flight failure at the field with a fellow pilot in which the epoxy bond between push-rod tube to the fuse failed during a high-speed maneuver. He was able to recover his plane. I have to believe this type of failure is quite common with planes that have lots of hours.
If I am understanding this, you are talking about securing the pushrod outer sleeve to the fuse? Also, apparently this was done by putting epoxy over the sleeve to glue it to the fuse? If my understanding is close, the problem is failure to construct a physical connection such as a ply connector between the sleeve and the fuse. Glue alone is not all that secure. If I am not understanding this correctly, kindly disregard this transmission.
