47-51-08: Tailwheel Horns
FAA order 47-51-08 is an airworthiness directive. The FAA's subject line: Tailwheel Horns. System: other and general.
What it applies to as the FAA lists it
- Kind of product
- Aircraft
- Makes
- Sky Enterprises, Inc.
- Models
- RC-3
Dates and paperwork
- Docket
- Unknown
- Status
- Current
- The FAA's document
- Read the order on the FAA's site
The order itself the regulatory text, as published
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47-51-08 REPUBLIC: Applies to All Model RC-3 Airplanes with Steerable Tailwheels.
Compliance required not later than the next 25-hour inspection.
To preclude the possibility of the steerable tailwheel control cable fouling on the tailwheel quadrant arms, install horns 3 9/16 inches long, fabricated from 0.091 aluminum plate, pointing rearward to arms of quadrant assembly No. 17F42093-1. Drill out stop rivet and attach using AN 441-4-5 rivets. Then attach cable clips over horn and arm with AN 24-11 bolts.
(Republic Service Bulletin No. 17, Supplement No. 2, dated October 16, 1947, also covers this same subject.)
Source: FAA Dynamic Regulatory System, airworthiness directives. The FAA's document is the authority; the register counts are this site's, from the FAA register of November 6, 2026. Connections as data: /graph/directive/47-51-08.json · aircraft systems.