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Old 14th Feb 2012, 19:35
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johnjosh43
 
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Cable runs & Expansion

Concorde grows as she gets warmer. How does the mechanical cable connection of the controls cope with the growth ?
I assume the electrical cabling has nice loops to allow growth but a mechanical cable connection needs to be pretty taut all the time.
One theory today was that the cables expand as they warm up at the same rate as the structure but surely they aren't as warm ?
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