MIL-DTL-87218D (W/ AMENDMENT-1), DETAIL SPECIFICATION: CABLE, LOCKCLAD, FOR AIRCRAFT CONTROL (18-AUG-2006)
MIL-DTL-87218D (W/ AMENDMENT-1), DETAIL SPECIFICATION: CABLE, LOCKCLAD, FOR AIRCRAFT CONTROL (18-AUG-2006)., This specification covers the requirements for lockclad control cable
material used in aircraft flight controls and aircraft control cable assemblies that 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.