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MIL-DTL-83420 Wire Rope, Flexible, For Aircraft Control, General Specification ForThis specification covers the requirements for carbon steel and corrosion resistant steel aircraft control flexible wire rope. Type I wire rope will be capable of operation within a -65 degrees F to +250 degrees F \(-54 degrees C to +121 degrees C\) temperature range in wind, dust, fuel, and oil spills, in wash-down and other environmental stresses and aircraft experiences. Type II wire rope will be capable of operation within a -65 degrees F to +200 degrees F \(-54 degrees C to +94 degrees C\) temperature range in wind, dust, fuel, and oil spills, in wash-down and other environmental stresses and aircraft experiences.

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g. MIL-PRF-83282 Hydraulic fluid
h. ASTM D 910
Aviation gasolines
4.4.11 Color-coding identification. Each wire rope sample shall be inspected for proper
identification as specified in 3.6.2.
4.5 Nylon testing for type II. The nylon manufacturer shall perform all the tests
specified herein to determine compliance with the requirements of 3.3.3.3 herein. The test
specimen shall be molded into a shape needed to perform the tests. The nylon jacket extrusion
material lot number shall be identified in the molding test report.
4.5.1 Tensile strength, percent elongation. Specimens shall be molded into type 4 test
bars and tests shall be conducted in accordance with ASTM D 638.
4.5.2 Specify gravity. Specimens shall be molded and tests shall be conducted in
accordance with ASTM D 792.
4.5.3 Water absorption. Specimens shall be molded and tests shall be conducted in
accordance with ASTM D 570.
4.5.4 Brittleness. Specimens shall be molded and tests shall be conducted in accordance
with ASTM D 746.
4.5.5 Stiffness. Specimens shall be molded and tests shall be conducted in accordance
with ASTM D 790.
4.5.6 Heat deflection. Specimens shall be molded and tests shall be conducted in
accordance with ASTM D 648.
4.5.7 Melting range. Specimens shall be molded and tests shall be conducted in
accordance with ASTM D 3418.
4.5.8 Burn resistance. Specimens shall be molded and tests shall be conducted in
accordance with ASTM D 635.
4.6 Preparation for delivery. The preservation, packaging, packing, and marking shall be
examined for conformance to section 5.
5. PACKAGING
5.1 Packaging. For acquisition purposes, the packaging requirements shall be as
specified in the contract or order (see 6.2). When packaging of material is to be performed by
DoD or in-house contractor personnel, these personnel need to contact the responsible packaging
activity to ascertain packaging requirements. Packaging requirements are maintained by the
Inventory Control Point's packaging activities within the Military Service or Defense Agency, or
within the military service's system commands. Packaging data retrieval is available from the
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