- Tue Mar 21, 2017 5:36 am
#396977
Thanks all of you for the insightful answers!
I'm ordering new wires of course, but it's still good to know what amount of discoloration is acceptable (I have other wires with just a couple black dots on their nicos). I've emailed Mike as NMERider suggested asking for advice on this, we'll see what he says.
Red, I cut off the shrinkwrap and tried rubbing off the black stuff with a piece of cloth dipped in alcohol like you've suggested – no result, still there, hard as metal. The nico on the other side wire had grey discoloration, after cleaning with alcohol that discoloration became black just like the photos that I've posted.
And no, I do not land in salt mines or anything like that, just grassy fields in a valley.
I did not do the stomp test because I'm sure that the nico will hold the ~50 lb force of this test, it's the higher loads that can happen in flight that I'm concerned about.
I'm ordering new wires of course, but it's still good to know what amount of discoloration is acceptable (I have other wires with just a couple black dots on their nicos). I've emailed Mike as NMERider suggested asking for advice on this, we'll see what he says.
Red, I cut off the shrinkwrap and tried rubbing off the black stuff with a piece of cloth dipped in alcohol like you've suggested – no result, still there, hard as metal. The nico on the other side wire had grey discoloration, after cleaning with alcohol that discoloration became black just like the photos that I've posted.
And no, I do not land in salt mines or anything like that, just grassy fields in a valley.
I did not do the stomp test because I'm sure that the nico will hold the ~50 lb force of this test, it's the higher loads that can happen in flight that I'm concerned about.
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