[Public-List] Factory installed wheel steering
John Birch
Sunstone at cogeco.ca
Thu Oct 3 01:13:54 PDT 2013
The CF today has been returned to the RCAF, RCN and Army designations.
Personally, I prefer the return to these designations.
Pip pip and all that ; )
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> Gord... How about this? You can comment on how successfully the RCN
> made the modernization to CF, with the petty officers becoming
> sergeants, commanders to colonels, and donning the elegant green
> uniforms. You can suggest the USN do the same, and wait for the
> approving cheers. You'll be the hit of the evening.
> Bob Kirk (curmudgen)
> p.s. The only time (except for one delivery) I ever drove wheel
> steering was on the Battleship USS Iowa.
>
>
> On 10/02/13, Gordon Laco wrote:
>
> Thank you Larry
> I've started the job; I reckon the worst of it will be the very tight
> access
> I'll report later.
> I won't be able to work on it this weekend; the USN has invited the RCN
> to a mess dinner commemorating the establishment of their service
> during their revolt. A posse of we Canadian officers are heading down
> Its a fair honour and I'm looking forward to it. I'm struggling for
> something witty to say about the event but am not coming up with
> anything.
> Gord #426 Surprise
> On 2013-10-02, at 8:09 PM, Lawrence Morris <[1]morris.lc at verizon.net>
> wrote:
> > I replace cables on my Rhodes bounty II a few years back because I
> broke a cable. I took the one good cable to the rig shop for
> replacements. Went back to the boat to install and discovered that
> there was a 6" difference in length from port to starboard. You guess
> it, back to the rigging shop( a 3hr round trip) for a third cable of
> the correct length. Lesson: measure both side twice and fabricate once.
> I used a piece of string, strung along the path of the cable to get
> this dimension.
> >
> > While you are at it, check the cheek block sheeve pins. Mine were
> worn 75% through. They are bronze rod of a standard size and are easy
> to replace once you remove the cheek block(hard to do). FYI the
> steering gear was a Edson from the same time period.
> >
> > If you have any questions you can call me. I am in the association
> directory.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Larry
> > Solstice 501
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> >> On Oct 2, 2013, at 5:09 PM, Gordon Laco <[2]mainstay at csolve.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello friends,
> >>
> >> Surprise is fitted with factory-installed American Edson wheel
> steering.
> >>
> >> Earlier this summer I felt a strange tug on the helm during a
> violent
> >> maneuver in heavy air. I�¹ve noticed since that the steering seemed
> rather
> >> slack, particularly when turning to port.
> >>
> >> With the 2013 Misery Trip coming up, I reckoned I�¹d better have a
> look at
> >> the quadrant to see if I could figure out what was wrong; I was
> hoping today
> >> that all I needed to do was tighten up the cables.
> >>
> >> If you heard cursing coming from Midland, Ontario, well that was me.
> One of
> >> the steering cables has broken six of the seven strands. That�¹s
> what I felt
> >> and that�¹s why the steering is slack. I have to replace the
> cables.
> >>
> >> I am sure I can figure out how to do this, but would appreciate the
> benefit
> >> of advice from any of you who have been through this ordeal. I was
> pretty
> >> depressed to see what I saw; but as I told my wife just now, those
> cables
> >> are probably nearly fifty years old. I should have planned on
> replacing
> >> them anyway. Well, now I have to do it.
> >>
> >> Standing by for comments, cruel jokes, funny stories....
> >>
> >> Gord #426 Surprise
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