X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from smtp107.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.198.206] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.5) with SMTP id 1020247 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 09:05:11 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.142.198.206; envelope-from=dcarter@datarecall.net Received: (qmail 72148 invoked from network); 24 Jun 2005 13:04:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO Davidscmptr) (dcarter11@sbcglobal.net@65.70.248.228 with login) by smtp107.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 Jun 2005 13:04:26 -0000 Message-ID: <026e01c578bd$3aa26340$6401a8c0@ip.net> Reply-To: "David Carter" From: "David Carter" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Brake Line Incident Photos Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 08:04:14 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_026B_01C57893.4F9AD540" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_026B_01C57893.4F9AD540 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ed, what kind of brake line was that? David ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Ed Anderson=20 To: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 7:58 AM Subject: [FlyRotary] Brake Line Incident Photos For those interested (and may not have seen them) , here are a few = photos of my brake line fire incident. Big chunk got blown out of brake line as can be seen from = Brakelines.jpg photo. Effect of resin burning seen on wheel pant = photos. Once the line broke, the next time I depressed the brake pedal, = a fireball from the wheel to over the wing resulted from spraying the = hydraulic fluid over the hot brake assembly. The flash point of the = fluid is only 240F! I am going to investigate some stuff with a bit = higher flash point {:>) Ed Ed Anderson Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered Matthews, NC eanderson@carolina.rr.com ------=_NextPart_000_026B_01C57893.4F9AD540 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Ed, what kind of brake line was = that?
 
David
 
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From: Ed=20 Anderson
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 7:58 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Brake Line Incident Photos

For those interested (and may not have seen = them) , here=20 are a few photos of my brake line fire incident.
 
  Big chunk got blown out of brake line as = can be=20 seen from Brakelines.jpg photo.  Effect of resin burning seen on = wheel pant=20 photos.  Once the line broke, the next time I depressed the brake = pedal, a=20 fireball from the wheel to over the wing resulted from spraying the = hydraulic=20 fluid over the hot brake assembly.  The flash point of the fluid is = only=20 240F!  I am going to investigate some stuff with a bit higher flash = point=20 {:>)
 
 
Ed
 
Ed Anderson
Rv-6A N494BW Rotary = Powered
Matthews,=20 NC
eanderson@carolina.rr.com

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