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My guys
(- - ah-h, I meant “most
guys” ) change it out on about
a 5 year cycle, but I know of an EZ that has flown for 15 years with the
Nylaflow.
Al
-----Original Message-----
From: Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Ed Anderson
Sent: Friday, June
24, 2005 6:18 AM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Brake
Line Incident Photos
David, it was aluminum tubing which
is what's called for on the RV-6A brake system. However, in hindsight
- thinking about the low fatigue life of flexing aluminum, I think there
are better choices.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, June 24,
2005 9:04 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary]
Re: Brake Line Incident Photos
Ed, what kind of brake line was
that?
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, June 24,
2005 7:58 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary]
Brake Line Incident Photos
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 {:>)
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