MIL-DTL-87218E, DETAIL SPECIFICATION: CABLE, LOCKCLAD, FOR AIRCRAFT CONTROL (27-SEP-2012)

MIL-DTL-87218E, DETAIL SPECIFICATION: CABLE, LOCKCLAD, FOR AIRCRAFT CONTROL (27-SEP-2012)., 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.