Skybolt Don
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I experienced a tie rod (I'm trying to use the correct terminology) breakage Monday. The broken rod is located on the forward, lower, port horiz stab. The break is 5.5" from the (upper)rod end in the flat. There was no deformation nor nicks etc. The break is on a ~45 degree angle. The aircraft was built by Jerry Cornelius of <?:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com
The aircraft was in level unaccelerated flight at 2500' at about 140 mph. I had just departed Merritt Island (FL) airport and was crossing the <st1
Upon landing there was the two pieces still in there relative position. There are no marks on the aircraft from flailing wire.
I took the broken part over to Steen Aero Lab in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1
Are there any other similar occurrences in Forum-land? Also, does anyone have a 39â tail wire that want to sell since I am grounded for at least 12 weeks.
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