X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail02.syd.optusnet.com.au ([211.29.132.183] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.1) with ESMTPS id 2825441 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:53:13 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=211.29.132.183; envelope-from=lendich@optusnet.com.au Received: from george (d58-109-51-32.dsl.nsw.optusnet.com.au [58.109.51.32]) by mail02.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with SMTP id m2V8qMMn024901 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:52:24 +1100 Message-ID: <000a01c8930c$8b445120$20336d3a@george> From: "George Lendich" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Offset option. Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:52:23 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0007_01C89360.5B566030" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0657-0, 12/12/2006), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C89360.5B566030 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Lynn, I don't know if it's a technical or cultural description - but I don't = know what a stink wheel is. Can I assume it's a thin metal cutting disk = that's needed to cut through the SS braid? Good ideas coming out of this, which leads to thinking further on the = subject. George (down under) Just an AN rated stainless braid in a cloth cover. Probably Nitral = lined. Silicone lined might work as well. Very tough stuff. Cut with a = stink wheel. Shoved onto a smooth tube with a single hose clamp. You can = park a truck on it and it won't collapse. In light suction it is 100 = times the hose needed to do the job. You could also use many others to = the same end. If it will perform in hot oil, it will work. There is no = mechanical stress as in a pressure situation. We used the same piece of = surplus hose in the Lotus for 4 years. No noticeable degradation. We = were constantly letting in fresh air to mix with the oil, and keep the = track lubricated.=20 Those tubing bender kits provide many sizes of hose reinforcement for = using thin walled hose like bus heater hose for cooling and breathers. = It keeps the tight bends from kinking. Used it many times with different = hoses. Lynn E. Hanover=20 In a message dated 3/30/2008 9:52:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, = lendich@optusnet.com.au writes: In "A "are you saying a silicone hose with s spring insert or is it = just a hose piece joining two metal tubes together. What I'm concerned = about is degradation from heat and oil as well as hose collapse. -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG.=20 Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.1/1349 - Release Date: = 29/03/2008 5:02 PM ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C89360.5B566030 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Lynn,

I don't know if it's a technical or cultural description - but I = don't know=20 what a stink wheel is. Can I assume it's a thin metal cutting disk = that's needed=20 to cut through the SS braid?

Good ideas coming out of this, which leads to thinking further = on the=20 subject.

George (down under)

Just an AN rated stainless braid in a cloth cover. Probably = Nitral lined.=20 Silicone lined might work as well. Very tough stuff. Cut with a stink = wheel.=20 Shoved onto a smooth tube with a single hose clamp. You can park a = truck on it=20 and it won't collapse. In light suction it is 100 times the hose = needed to do=20 the job. You could also use many others to the same end. If it = will=20 perform in hot oil, it will work. There is no mechanical stress as in = a=20 pressure situation. We used the same piece of surplus hose in the = Lotus for 4=20 years. No noticeable degradation. We were constantly letting in fresh = air to=20 mix with the oil, and keep the track lubricated.

Those tubing bender kits provide many sizes of hose reinforcement = for=20 using thin walled hose like bus heater hose for cooling and breathers. = It=20 keeps the tight bends from kinking. Used it many times with different=20 hoses.

Lynn E. Hanover

In a message dated 3/30/2008 9:52:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,=20 lendich@optusnet.com.au writes:

In "A "are you saying a silicone hose with s = spring=20 insert or is it just a hose piece joining two metal tubes together. = What I'm=20 concerned about is degradation from heat and oil as well as hose=20 collapse.

Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home.

No virus found in this incoming message.
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