On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:02:26 -0500, "Ron Natalie"
wrote:


"William T Bartlett" wrote in message . com...
I used to belong to a group that used a big levelwind reel, hooked to a 350
Chevy V8, to jerk a KA7 into the air. We had a 1000 M of 4mm cable that was
spliced with Al sleeves. we never had an Al sleeve fail, although we used to
break the cable fairly often. If I remember right all the control cables on
the KA7 were joined with Al sleeves. I think they are used on the late model
German glass planes too. With two swaged Al sleeves, I think you would break
the cable, before the sleeves failed.

You better check that the cable and the sleeves are compatible for the long haul.
The galvanized cable and stainless steel take different nicopress alloys.

I checked some different sites on this and found that aluminum sleeves
will only carry half the strenth of the cable while copper will
develop nearly full strength. Also AL and stainless don't get allong
with each other very well. I'm going to use copper or tin plated
sleeves.
Thanks for the help Drew Dalgleish