Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #24425
From: <kenpowell@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Brake Line Incident Photos
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:52:26 +0000
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Hi Ed,
Did the wheel get hot enough to affect the strength of the aluminum?

Ken Powell
Bryant, Arkansas
501-847-4721
C150 / RV-4
 
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For those interested (and may not have seen them) , here are a few photos of my brake line fire incident.
 
  Big chunk got blown out of brake line as can be seen from Brakelines.jpg photo.  Effect of resin burning seen on wheel pant photos.  Once the line broke, the next time I depressed the brake pedal, a fireball from the wheel to over the wing resulted from spraying the hydraulic fluid over the hot brake assembly.  The flash point of the fluid is only 240F!  I am going to investigate some stuff with a bit higher flash point {:>)
 
 
Ed
 
Ed Anderson
Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
Matthews, NC
eanderson@carolina.rr.com
From: Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
Subject: [FlyRotary] Brake Line Incident Photos
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 12:59:00 +0000
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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