X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net ([204.127.202.64] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.5) with ESMTP id 1020832 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 17:10:15 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.202.64; envelope-from=kenpowell@comcast.net Received: from 204.127.205.142 (unknown[204.127.205.162](misconfigured sender)) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with SMTP id <2005062421092901600i2l7ne>; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 21:09:29 +0000 Received: from [166.102.160.133] by 204.127.205.142; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 21:09:29 +0000 From: kenpowell@comcast.net To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Brake Line Incident Photos Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 21:09:29 +0000 Message-Id: <062420052109.13146.42BC7688000904960000335A220700164104040A99019F020A05@comcast.net> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Dec 17 2004) X-Authenticated-Sender: a2VucG93ZWxsQGNvbWNhc3QubmV0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_13146_1119647369_0" --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_13146_1119647369_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I 'fat fingered' that question. I meant to ask if the wheel itself is safe? Ken Powell Bryant, Arkansas 501-847-4721 C150 / RV-4 -------------- Original message -------------- No, I meant the wheel itself. Is it save? Ken Powell Bryant, Arkansas 501-847-4721 C150 / RV-4 -------------- Original message -------------- Not certain to which aluminum you are referring, Ken. If you are referring to the wing skin, my best guesstimate is - no. The paint was sooted but not burnt and when I tapped the skin with a small coin, I got the same tone from the unaffected wing's panel as I did from the one over the fire, so believe the temper of the metal was unaffected. However, I suspect if the fire had gone on much longer, the story would have been much different. Ed A ----- Original Message ----- From: kenpowell@comcast.net To: Rotary motors in aircraft Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 12:52 PM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Brake Line Incident Photos 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 -------------- Original message -------------- 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 >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_13146_1119647369_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
I 'fat fingered' that question.  I meant to ask if the wheel itself is safe?

Ken Powell
Bryant, Arkansas
501-847-4721
C150 / RV-4
 
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No, I meant the wheel itself.  Is it save? 

Ken Powell
Bryant, Arkansas
501-847-4721
C150 / RV-4
 
-------------- Original message --------------
Not certain to which aluminum you are referring, Ken. 
 
 If you are referring to the wing skin, my best guesstimate is - no.  The paint was sooted but not burnt and when I tapped the skin with a small coin, I got the same tone from the unaffected wing's panel as I did from the one over the fire, so believe the temper of the metal was unaffected.  However, I suspect if the fire had gone on much longer, the story would have been much different.
 
Ed A
 
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 12:52 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Brake Line Incident Photos

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
 
-------------- Original message --------------
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

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