MIL-DTL-87218A, DETAIL SPECIFICATION: CABLE, LOCKCLAD, FOR AIRCRAFT CONTROL (15-AUG-1997) [SUPERSEDING MIL-C-87218]

MIL-DTL-87218A, DETAIL SPECIFICATION: CABLE, LOCKCLAD, FOR AIRCRAFT CONTROL (15-AUG-1997) [SUPERSEDING MIL-C-87218]., This specification covers the requirements for Lockclad control cable material used in aircraft flight controls and aircraft control cable assemblies which include Lockclad as a portion of the assembly. Lockclad is defined as the resulting material of swaging aluminum alloy tubing onto MIL-DTL-83420 Type I nonjacketed wire rope to the extent necessary to comply with the elongation and coefficient of thermal expansion properties specified herein.