X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imo-m24.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.5] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c5) with ESMTP id 773631 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 19 Oct 2005 14:02:40 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.137.5; envelope-from=Lehanover@aol.com Received: from Lehanover@aol.com by imo-m24.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r5.5.) id q.1c5.32f2e347 (4246) for ; Wed, 19 Oct 2005 14:01:40 -0400 (EDT) From: Lehanover@aol.com Message-ID: <1c5.32f2e347.3087e404@aol.com> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 14:01:40 EDT Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Aeroquip AQP Socketless racing hose question To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1129744900" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5017 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1129744900 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 10/19/2005 2:58:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jmpcrftr@teleport.com writes: How many of you racers and mechanics, shade tree or pro, have used AQP Socketless hose for fuel/oil/coolant lines? What do you think of this stuff for airplanes? If you are talking about the blue stuff, it is all I use. I have a mile of it in the race car. It is Kevlar reinforced. If you must, just a 1/4" hose clamp close the the fitting. I use dash 12 for oil pressureized lines and one dash 10 for a breather hose. We had a failure a few years back when a plug wire got tie wraped to a hose. The electrons soon discovered that the hose is conductive and burned a pinhole in it. When I cut through the pinhole the hose was rock hard in that area. I run 100 PSI oil pressure 100% of the time. No problems in 7 years. It is easy to cut, so care must be taken. In the field it can be assembled by hand if you are a very strong person. I cheat a bit with some grease on the barbs and inside the hose. You can repair a failure by cutting through it and inserting a length of anything (tubing) that seems to fit tight in the hose. Then add a few clamps to each side of the failure point. It is also the lightest system available. You can twist an end fitting after assembly to improve an installation, and it won't leak. You cannot remove an end fitting without cutting the hose off. The fittings are 100% reusable. Lynn E. Hanover -------------------------------1129744900 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

In a message dated 10/19/2005 2:58:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time,=20 jmpcrftr@teleport.com writes:

<= FONT=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size= =3D2>How many=20 of you racers and mechanics, shade tree or pro, have used
AQP Socketle= ss=20 hose for fuel/oil/coolant lines? What do you think of
this stuff= for=20 airplanes?

If you are talking about the blue stuff, it is all I use. I have a mile= of=20 it in the race car.

It is Kevlar reinforced. If you must, just a 1/4" hose clamp close the=20= the=20 fitting. I use dash 12 for oil pressureized lines and one dash 10 for a brea= ther=20 hose.

We had a failure a few years back when a plug wire got tie wraped to a=20 hose. The electrons soon discovered that the hose is conductive and burned a= =20 pinhole in it. When I cut through the pinhole the hose was rock hard in that= =20 area.

I run 100 PSI oil pressure 100% of the time. No problems in 7 years.

It is easy to cut, so care must be taken. In the field it can be assemb= led=20 by hand if you are a very strong person. I cheat a bit with some grease on t= he=20 barbs and inside the hose.

You can repair a failure by cutting through it and inserting a length o= f=20 anything (tubing) that seems to fit tight in the hose. Then add a few clamps= to=20 each side of the failure point.

It is also the lightest system available. You can twist an end fitting=20 after assembly to improve an installation, and it won't leak. You cannot rem= ove=20 an end fitting without cutting the hose off. The fittings are 100%=20 reusable.

Lynn E. Hanover

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