Darrel Starr
Registered User
Plymouth, MN
After watching the AK Bushwheel video about correctly setting rudder/tailwheel chain length, I decided to use the quick links as shown in the video. Steve Pierce mentioned in one of the previous threads that I should use quick links with a cotter hole added. He buys from Maule Air. Wup at AK Bushwheels also had drilled links for sale. I also went to the local hardware store and found plain SS quick links made in China with a load rating on the tag that said 220 lb (not clear if this was a working load or breaking strength). My IA felt that I should use quick links with a load rating that was qualified by an international rating organization.
So I ordered some quick links from both Maule and AK Bushwheels. I was happy to see that these companies buy from the world premier manufacturer of quick links, Peguet Maillon Rapide, a French company. The links are all stamped with the company name.
This company makes quick links for mountain climbing, parachuting, motorized gliding, marine & agriculture. Their web site contains all of the qualification information to assure that high standards of material, manufacturing and quality control are maintained. There web site is : http://www.peguet.fr/gb/peguet-entreprise.html
So that is what I learned, buy either from AK Bushwheels or Maule but avoid the hardware store lookalikes.
So I ordered some quick links from both Maule and AK Bushwheels. I was happy to see that these companies buy from the world premier manufacturer of quick links, Peguet Maillon Rapide, a French company. The links are all stamped with the company name.
This company makes quick links for mountain climbing, parachuting, motorized gliding, marine & agriculture. Their web site contains all of the qualification information to assure that high standards of material, manufacturing and quality control are maintained. There web site is : http://www.peguet.fr/gb/peguet-entreprise.html
So that is what I learned, buy either from AK Bushwheels or Maule but avoid the hardware store lookalikes.