X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fmailhost01.isp.att.net ([207.115.11.51] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4c2a) with ESMTP id 4834897 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:30:20 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=207.115.11.51; envelope-from=bbradburry@bellsouth.net Received: from desktop (adsl-85-106-221.mco.bellsouth.net[98.85.106.221]) by isp.att.net (frfwmhc01) with SMTP id <20110202022941H010082frme>; Wed, 2 Feb 2011 02:29:42 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [98.85.106.221] From: "Bill Bradburry" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Al Tubing in fuel line... Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 21:29:44 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6001.18049 Thread-Index: AcvCaFPjzKGjpPB3Qd27uJ1LN2pNqQAGJCjA Well, unfortunately!! :>) Bill B -----Original Message----- From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Patrick Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 6:32 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Al Tubing in fuel line... Yeah, I try to avoid rubber fuel lines too. Stainless braid, silicone, fire-sleeved line; call me picky. And hopefully your firewall is not plastic...! Ernest Christley wrote: > Patrick wrote: >> Bill, >> I would suggest taking a propane torch to a piece of scrap aluminum >> (beer can) and a piece of stainless. It may affect your comfort >> level about aluminum in the engine compartment. >> >> Personally, I would never use aluminum fuel line in front of the >> firewall. >> >> Patrick > If you're going to do that, you might as well include those rubbery > pieces of fuel line in the test. And remember, you're telling that to > a guy who has the engine mounted to a plastic airplane 8*) > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html -- Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html