MIL-DTL-87218 Cable, Lockclad, For Aircraft ControlThis 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.

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2. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

2.1 General. The documents listed in this section are specified in sections 3 and 4 of this

specification. This section does not include documents cited in other sections of this

specification or recommended for additional information or as examples. While every effort has

been made to ensure the completeness of this list, document users are cautioned that they must

meet all specified requirements of the documents cited in sections 3 and 4 of this specification,

whether or not they are listed.

2.2 Government documents.

2.2.1 Specifications and handbooks. The following specifications and handbooks form a

part of this document to the extent specified herein. Unless otherwise specified, the issues of

these documents are those cited in the solicitation or contract.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SPECIFICATIONS

MIL-DTL-781

- Terminal, Wire Rope Swaging, General Specification for.

MIL-DTL-5688

- Wire Rope Assemblies; Aircraft, Proof Testing and

Prestretching of.

MIL-DTL-6117

- Wire Rope Assemblies, Aviation, Swaged Type.

MS20667

- Terminal, Wire Rope, Swaging, Fork End.

MS20668

- Terminal, Wire Rope, Swaging, Eye End.

MIL-DTL-83420

- Wire Rope, Flexible, for Aircraft Control, General

Specification for.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HANDBOOK

MIL-HDBK-1599

- Bearings, Control System Components, and Associated

Hardware Used in the Design and Construction of

Aerospace Mechanical Systems and Subsystems.

(Copies of these documents are available online at https://assist.dla.mil/ or from the

Standardization Documents Order Desk, 700 Robbins Avenue, Building 4D, Philadelphia, PA

19111-5094.)

2.2.2 Other government documents. The following other government documents form a

part of this document to the extent specified herein. Unless otherwise specified, the issues of

these documents are those cited in the solicitation or contract.

STANDARDIZATION DOCUMENTS

SD-6

- Provisions Governing Qualification.

(Copies of this document are available online at https://assist.dla.mil/ or from the Standardization

Documents Order Desk, 700 Robbins Avenue, Building 4D, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094.)