X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imo-d22.mx.aol.com ([205.188.144.208] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.5) with ESMTP id 1020995 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 20:24:06 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.144.208; envelope-from=Lehanover@aol.com Received: from Lehanover@aol.com by imo-d22.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r1.7.) id q.148.46cef518 (4560) for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 20:23:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Lehanover@aol.com Message-ID: <148.46cef518.2fedfdf3@aol.com> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 20:23:15 EDT Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Brake Line Incident Photos To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1119658995" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5012 -------------------------------1119658995 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 6/24/2005 3:09:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time, dcarter@datarecall.net writes: Re "stainless steel braided line", Ed: The stuff inside the "stainless steel braid" ain't "steel" - it's rubber and/or teflon tubing - stuff that will melt from heat soaking from hot calipers back into hose. David I have yet to see that happen in 30 years of racing. Over the last 6 years we have been using carbon brake pads that flash the rotors to orange with each application. I doubt that there is a light plane about that has that problem. No brake (flex line) line failures yet. Watch the brake shots of the NASCAR brakes at the end of each straight. Bright orange. There are setups to circulate the brake fluid through a cooler on the NASCAR road race cars. Anything they can do to carry away the heat. Light planes use smaller brakes than I had on my go karts. Just not a problem. Not enough mass. Not enough speed. Not enough heat. Lynn E. Hanover -------------------------------1119658995 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

In a message dated 6/24/2005 3:09:56 PM Pacific Daylight Time,=20 dcarter@datarecall.net writes:

<= FONT=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size= =3D2>Re=20 "stainless steel braided line", Ed: The stuff inside the=20 "stainless
steel braid" ain't "steel" - it's rubber and/or teflon tubin= g -=20 stuff that
will melt from heat soaking from hot calipers back into=20 hose.

David

I have yet to see that happen in 30 years of racing. Over the last 6 ye= ars=20 we have been using carbon brake pads that flash the rotors to orange with ea= ch=20 application. I doubt that there is a light plane about that has that problem= . No=20 brake (flex line) line failures yet. Watch the brake shots of the NASCAR bra= kes=20 at the end of each straight. Bright orange.

There are setups to circulate the brake fluid through a cooler on the=20 NASCAR road race cars.

Anything they can do to carry away the heat.

Light planes use smaller brakes than I had on my go karts. Just not a=20 problem. Not enough mass. Not enough speed. Not enough heat.

Lynn E. Hanover

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