REFLECTOR:Induction hose

[Ronnie Brown]

Red SCAT is used on our C 172 for the intake air as well as the carb heat
air.  It will wear out after time and like everything on an airplane, you
need to inspect it every year or more often and replace it when it starts
going bad - loose support wires.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Derrick" <scott@tnstaafl.net>
To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR:Induction hose


| Hmmm.. I'm using 3" red scat in a 5 year old Velocity, my 55 year old
| Bonanza used the old black scat... Not to be confused with a black cat!
|
| Scott
|
| Pat Shea wrote:
| > Is Aeroduct SCAT or SCEET from Aircraft Spruce
| > acceptable to use for induction duct?? I recently read
| > an article (see below) that warned of using either of
| > these in a negative pressure application. Funny, but I
| > assumed SCEET was better (two plys, stronger, twice as
| > expensive...); the article points out that the inner
| > ply in SCEET is bonded on the INSIDE of the support
| > wire implying a greater failure/blockage potential
| > than SCAT. Unfortunately, the article was written to
| > caution spammers from using these hoses as OEM
| > replacement parts - not much help for the homebuilding
| > crowd. I suspect this is what most people are using -
| > just wanted to get the consensus: SCEET, SCAT, or
| > something else?
| >
| > Pat (XL w/ IO-540)
| >
| > www.auf.asn.au/airworthiness/scatsceetarticle.htm
| >
| > www.casa.gov.au/avreg/fsa/download/01jul/42-43.pdf
| >
| >
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