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Old 09-19-2006, 01:04 PM
Ryan Ryan is offline
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Default Aircraft Eyes vs Marine Eyes

Has anyone successfully used aircraft eyes as opposed to marine eyes in a standing rigging application? I have occasion to need a particular sized wire swaged with a fitting that provides a specific clevis pin hole, and the aircraft eye fits the bill perfectly. I have read that aircraft eyes are not as strong as marine eyes, but never any quantitative information as to how much stronger one is over the other. My only other option is to stick with a marine eye with an oversized clevis pin hole, but that is a no no per Brion's book due to point loading that will occur. Any thoughts?
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