REFLECTOR: Brake lines (was "Builders Moments")

[Richard J. Gentil]

Pat,

I believe the material I used was called Versatube from Aircraft Spruce. 
(I bought is about 18 months ago and I cannot remember for sure.)

Richard

Pat Shea wrote:
> Richard,
>
> Are you going to attach the hard lines directly to the
> gear legs? If so, what type of metal are you going to
> use? 
>
> Obviously there's a decent amount of flex in the
> fiberglass gear legs, which is why some sort of
> flexible line is normally utilized. Also, the
> inevitable main gear shudder that has been discussed
> recently results in some pretty good movement of the
> main wheels (I've actually watched this - at 40kts
> it's pretty impressive). With hard lines, this could
> result in some high stress areas. Maybe there's an
> alloy that's tends not to work harden.
>
> Probably for the same reasons as you, I choose not to
> go with nylaflow: more susceptible to heat and debris
> damage, and it becomes brittle over time - especially
> the exposed areas.  
>
> I went with 3/16" braided lines down the gear legs
> that are attached directly to the gear legs. The
> serviceability is great. After 175 flying hours all is
> well:
>
> http://www.tvbf.org/gallery/?dir=subsystems%2Fbrakes
>
> FWIW, Pat
>
> --- "Richard J. Gentil"
> <richard at naples-air-center.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Such a great subject Andy described.
>>
>> Friday I was working on modifying the brakes in
>> order to use hard lines
>> on an RG. After some reworking, this was the
>> solution I came up with.
>>
>> By the end of the day I was thrilled with the
>> results. As for my wife,
>> she said, "Looks good, when do we get to fly it?"
>> (Standard statement
>> every time she comes into the hangar to see the
>> Velo.)
>>
>> Richard
>>     
>
>
>
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