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Create an image of control cables and turnbuckles in a mechanical setting, showcasing their fun<wbr>ctions in a safe and well-equipped workshop environment, with a focus on tensioning and safety checks.

Mastering Control Cables: Test Your Knowledge

Are you ready to put your knowledge of control cables and turnbuckles to the test? This comprehensive quiz covers essential concepts in cable tensioning and safety checks. Dive in to see how well you understand this crucial aspect of control systems.

Topics Include:

Turnbuckle Safety Checks
Understanding Cable Tension
Types and Measurements of Cables

11 Questions3 MinutesCreated by InspectingCable527

When is a turnbuckle not in safety?

When a small diameter wire can be passed through the inspection hole

When you can see daylight through the hole

When a wire of the same diameter as the inspection hole can be passed through

How do you check a turnbuckle is in safety?

Use the inspection hole or count the threads showing

Ensure that the turnbuckle cannot be turned by hand

Make sure no threads are showing at either end of the turnbuckle

Cables are preferred to other control systems because

Single braid allows for 2 way directions

They are strong and light

They maintain slight mechanical advantage over push/pull systems

To correctly tension cables it can help to

Take up initial slack by additional pulleys

Have control surface locks in to support weight and adjust turnbuckles equally

Use a cable run with turnbuckles at least every eight feet

Turnbuckles are correctly fitted when

Both rods are seen to touch in the inspection hole

Both rods enter the barrel by the same amount

The inspection hole is blind or the required number of threads are showing

How is the diameter of a cable measured?

Diameter of one wire multiplied by the number of wires

Overall diameter

Diameter of one wire only

Turnbuckles are used to

Join the two ends of the cable

Adjust major tension on the cable

Adjust minor tension on the cable

What is the small hole on a swaged turnbuckle for?

To check for moisture deposits

To check if correct amount of cable has been inserted before swaging

To alloy the turnbuckle to be wire locked

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