REFLECTOR: CamLoc's
Mark Magee
edjonesbrady at gmail.com
Mon Apr 15 17:11:24 CDT 2013
Richard/All,
Any data on incidents of camlocks letting go in-flight? I thought they were fairly well engineered to prevent that.
Mark B. Magee
Sent from IPhone 4S
On Apr 15, 2013, at 1:32 PM, "Richard J. Gentil" <richard at naples-air-center.com> wrote:
> CamLocks can make it hard to remove a cowling. They are only a quarter turn holding them on and if the retention clip goes, the whole thing is going through your prop.
>
> I was thinking CamLocks, then piano hinge and finally settled for long recessed screws with large washers. Easy to work with using a screw gun and no worries about the prop.
>
> Richard
>
> Sent from my iPhone 5
>
> On Apr 14, 2013, at 12:47 PM, Don Johnston <numa at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Has anyone ever used (or considered using) CamLoc's to secure the cowling?
>>
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