X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf24aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.72] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.2) with ESMTP id 853713 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 01 Dec 2005 18:00:45 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.72; envelope-from=13brv3@bellsouth.net Received: from ibm70aec.bellsouth.net ([65.6.194.9]) by imf24aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20051201230000.ZXIE4080.imf24aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm70aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Thu, 1 Dec 2005 18:00:00 -0500 Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by ibm70aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20051201230000.TLPR6508.ibm70aec.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Thu, 1 Dec 2005 18:00:00 -0500 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: fuel/brake lines Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 17:00:00 -0600 Message-ID: <000001c5f6ca$f60952c0$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0001_01C5F698.AB6EE2C0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C5F698.AB6EE2C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ed Anderson wrote: > Having had aluminum brake line tube fail from fatigue, causing a > uncommanded departure from the runway, resulting in a fireball which > ignited my wheel pant, I would suggest you consider "real" brake lines > (SS braided with Teflon lining). But, just a personal opinion of > course. > =20 Hi Ed, =20 Did you switch to Dot 5 fluid, or stay with the cheap, red, flammable = stuff? I just put the purple Dot 5 fluid in the Kolb, though brake fires aren't = too likely :-) =20 =20 Cheers, Rusty (Dot 5 for the RV-8 too) ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C5F698.AB6EE2C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message

Ed Anderson wrote:

> Having had aluminum = brake line=20 tube fail from fatigue,  causing a
> uncommanded departure = from the=20 runway, resulting in a fireball which
> ignited my wheel pant, I = would=20 suggest you consider "real" brake lines
> (SS braided with Teflon=20 lining).   But, just a personal opinion of
>=20 course.
>

 
Hi=20 Ed,
 
Did you = switch to Dot 5=20 fluid, or stay with the cheap, red, flammable stuff?  I just put = the purple=20 Dot 5 fluid in the Kolb, though brake fires aren't too likely :-) =20
 
Cheers,
Rusty = (Dot 5 for the=20 RV-8 too)




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