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FWIW,

I did much searching when I built my airplane to find light weight hydraulic hoses that were not off the chart expense wise.

There is a company in California called Baker Precision (bakerprecision.com) that makes very nice stainless over teflon 3000 psi assemblies for a very reasonable price. My whole airplane was around $125 if memory serves. Their least expensive line is a straight line with an aluminum aircraft female nut on the end. I did not weigh the entire set but I estimate it was 1/3rd the weight of the stuff lancair shipped with the kit 20 yrs ago...

They have worked flawlessly...

Randy Snarr

235/320

sbej <sbej@verizon.net> wrote:

Thank You Greg for the list of Hyd. supplies.

Bryan

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From: kneaded pleasures

To: lml@lancaironline.net

Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 10:43 AM

Subject: [LML] Gear Trouble

Bryan Wullner:

All parts were ordered from A/C Spruce which does offer quantity discounts for these parts.

         9 feet---       303-4 Aeroquip hose 1/4"     (allows some extra for measuring error)

         28 each--    491-4 Aeroquip hose fittings

         1 gallon--    09-27100 Aeroshell Brake Fluid

Pg 123 of the Spruce 2006/2007 catalog has installation instructions for the 303 hoses and 491 fittings. Use your old hoses for measuring new hose lengths. You will quickly discover why the long-neck tapered half-inch punch is useful. Using high pressure air, oxygen or CO2 after the hoses are finished will remove loose debris before installation.

Greg Nelson

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