![]() Plus a tight cross-over cable gives you another reference to bore-sight your float's spreader bars. Personally I have bounced more than one seaplane off of old dock pilings.Ģ. Tree stumps, pier pilings, brush and tall grass will be deflected by the cable before any offending object hits the prop. The tight cable acts like a bumper to protect your propeller. So I made up a short list of attributes.ġ. ![]() ![]() My answer to that remark is that the cable does much more than allow the pilot to practice a circus act above deep water. However, I have had occasion to run into floatplane pilots who intentionally do not install cross over cables because they think they are unsightly. I have seen videos of myself trying to cross over two interior seats in a big hurry. On larger aircraft with doors on both sides it still helps old pilots like myself who might have accidentally exceeded our original gross weight at the buffet table. Something that is very handy when flying a Super Cub, Husky or Citabria with a door on only one side. This is usually a tight strand of control cable stretched between the noses (maybe bows while on the water) of the two floats.Īs the name implies, the main purpose is to let a pilot tight-rope walk from one side of the aircraft to the other. One such bit of gear is the Cross-Over cable. Most non-floatplane pilots and even some SES rated pilots have questions about the various parts and pieces that convert a landplane into a seaplane.
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