my one and only flight on a 3 was on an outfit called Pan Americana between San Antonio and Brownsville around 1978. Being the only pax, I was able to chk out all seat positions, and of course ended up directly opposite the port P&W. Besides the magnificent view of the texas coast after a quick stop at Corpus, we flew thrua few rainshowers.Oh yea, During most of the flite, I was watching a large screw go up and down on the left cowling, but no big whoop!
that up and down motion you may have seen was very possibly a Deus type fastener,they have a great deal of relative movement,on the threaded portion of the shank,but they have a stop at the end,so they are still secured,and can't come all the way out,they were pretty common on the oler,and beloved recips I've worked on
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by george hobbs: that up and down motion you may have seen was very possibly a Deus type fastener.
A couple of years ago, one of the magazines, possibly Smithsonian Air and Space, had an article about Mr. Dzus, the inventor of that fastener. He was quite a fascinating man and he certainly helped out aviation with that little bit of engineering.
Cal Taylor The C-133 Project
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