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Old 09-17-2010, 05:48 AM
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Originally Posted by tin-man View Post
waaa, so if one of those springs snaps the throttle can get stuck? Wow, this seems like a poor design considering the consequences of a stuck throttle, so what are the alternatives to those small springs, hydaulics? John, AKA tin-man
No, the failure of one spring will not cause a stuck throttle.

I'm an engineer, so that means I tend to overdesign things, and I believe in redundancy.
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