At 07:58 PM 12/20/2005, you wrote: >Yes, it is a friction lock, but it does not seem that a carb should be >closing the venturi, all by itself, even against some force. My concern is >that if I lock it down and then need to react to a situation, I won't be >able to.
I would also recommend that you install a spring which will pull the throttle to something close to full if the cable becomes disconnected. If and when the cable comes loose, you want to stay in the air until you are ready to shut off the mixture and land. Don Reid - donreid "at" peoplepc.com Bumpass, Va Visit my web sites at: AeroFoil, a 2-D Airfoil Design And Analysis Computer Program: http://aerofoilengineering.com KR2XL construction: http://aerofoilengineering.com/KR/KR2XL.htm Aviation Surplus: http://aerofoilengineering.com/PartsListing/Airparts.htm EAA Chapter 231: http://eaa231.org Ultralights: http://usua250.org VA EAA Regional Fly-in: http://vaeaa.org
