X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-PolluStop-Diagnostic: \eX-PolluStop-Score: 0.10\eX-PolluStop: Scanned with Niversoft PolluStop 2.1 RC1, http://www.niversoft.com/pollustop Return-Path: Received: from smtpauth04.mail.atl.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.64] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c4) with ESMTP id 868553 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:21:55 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.64; envelope-from=Dastaten@earthlink.net Received: from [24.238.206.157] (helo=earthlink.net) by smtpauth04.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DM4HN-0006Pa-9Z for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:21:09 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=simple; s=test1; d=earthlink.net; h=Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:X-Accept-Language:MIME-Version:To:Subject:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=R1bYszmwydBItUWZNwVgTW8VWxRmK9M8zqr6Y9ETIYiLrCfvjFbVdrtPAidnKmbj; Message-ID: <425E6E4F.6040807@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:21:19 -0500 From: David Staten User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Hoses: Firesleeve, stainless, bare? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: 9a30bff84e6cb88f95c85d38d22416599ef193a6bfc3dd4812197269fd773f86ff8f3d8afa40c0973396037c9e1b016b350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 24.238.206.157 I wanted to take this time to ping the group and determine a course of action. I am getting ready to order my hoses and material and wanted to inquire about firesleeving on oil and fuel lines. I have noticed several pics that have just stainless braided lines on the engines. What is the conventional wisdom... and what would an A&P do (if there are some here). I am inclined to believe the stainless is more for looks, and abrasion resistance... but doesn't really add much in the fire-proofing or fire-resistance category. Aircraft Spruce sells firesleeving that is supposed to give 15 minutes direct flame resistance. Any guidance, experience or data would be appreciated. Dave