From: "Marvin Kaye" <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Nylaflow failure
To: lml
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 11:02:15 -0400
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Posted for "Cy Galley" <cgalley@qcbc.org>:

I run the Emergency Aircraft Repair at Oshkosh. We had an RV that lost its
right hand brake.  The plastic line had melted a hole in the line where it
was touching the metal pant attachment plate.  The heat from the disk brake
transferred enough heat thru the plate to melt a hole in the line.  It
admittedly was a bad installation that used a too long tube that forced it
over again the metal plate. We have had fiber-glass landing gear legs melt
from a long taxi. Regardless of what you install, consider the heat that
your brakes do generate.

Cy Galley, TC - Chair, Emergency Aircraft Repair, Oshkosh

Editor, EAA Safety Programs
cgalley@qcbc.org or experimenter@eaa.org