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From: Jim Sower <canarder@frontiernet.net>
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I have nylaflow on my EZ and Velocity and will probably keep them until 
they fail.  At that juncture I believe I'll go with Niloseal (if that's 
the new, better stuff to replace Nylaflow with).  I'd never go with Al.  
SS is IMO a huuuge overkill.
To each his own ... Jim S.

Dale Rogers wrote:

>FWIW dept.:
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>   There are hundreds of Rutan-based canard aircraft flying - and landing - with Nylaflow or Nyloseal brake lines.  Many have multiple hundreds of hours on them.  It is, under 
>normal circumstances, a very successful system.
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>   That said, Mike Melvill, converted his Long-EZ to 
>Stratoflex (SS braid over Teflon tube), sometime before Oct. 
>1990.  
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>   That said, too, the Berkut used 1/8" SS brake lines, 
>throughout.  
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>   The SS tubing is definitely heavier than the synthetic 
>tubing, but it should last the life of the airframe.  But 
>then, too, so should the Stratoflex. 
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>Me?  I like metal - for some things anyway.  :)
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>Dale R.
>COZY MkIV #1254
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>>From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net>
>>Date: 2005/06/24 Fri PM 06:40:17 EDT
>>To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
>>Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Brake Line Incident Photos
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>>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.
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>>Well, I hope you're wrong about the melting part David.  The Earl's hose I'm
>>using is good for 300F.  
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>>I've seen planes with plastic line throughout.  In fact, the Kolb in the
>>garage has plastic now, but it won't when I get done with it.  I've got no
>>problem with using plastic for the reservoir, just not the pressure lines. 
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>>On the RV-8, I used the aluminum tubing that Van's sent, and never had a bit
>>of trouble with it.  On the RV-3, I used aluminum, and had 2 or 3 different
>>occurrences of cracks near the fitting on the brake caliper.  The gear on
>>the -3 has some shimmy problems, so I figured it was just getting shaken too
>>much.  With that in mind, I thought perhaps I had too much loop, but
>>reducing it didn't help either.  Stainless braided hose did though :-)
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>>Cheers,
>>Rusty (no dyno purchase today)
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