Hi Rob,
here are some pics from my routing. All hard tube from the cockpit to the wing bay. Teflon/steelbraided to the caliper. The caliper has a 45° steel fitting. My runway is only 2200ft long, so I want to get sure the brake works. The matco brake was useless on short runways!! The grove (magnesium) works great, also get the TK5 (Ong) dampers from Lancair, they are worth the money. Also get the second gear microswitch (Zavatson style), they are fare more accurate! I hope this helps. Christian
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Can anyone share pictures of how they routed brake lines from the brake caliper up the gear leg and to a hard point in the wheel well? I had some brake lines made a long time ago (Aeroquip 666 with Teflon) and now it's time to install them, and I'm not sure how to route them. It seems kind of tight between the fitting on the caliper and the brake disc. (Maybe I need to replace the 90 degree fitting with a 45 degree...)
I believe the plan was to go from the brake caliper, up the leg, to an anchor point on that half-rib, then transition to a hard line into the cockpit.
I have the newer Matco brakes. That would mean something like 10-15 years old. ;-) I have the new rotors introduced after several of you experienced fractured rotors.
I'm sure there are better options out there, but I'd really like to fly this puppy this year and it will work for a while. In a few years perhaps I'll switch to Grove or Beringer or Cleveland. So please don't drag this thread over there. (Wait for a few years -- when it's time to upgrade I'll want to know all about those!!)
Thanks, guys.
- Rob Wolf
360 at roughly 95-98%
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