Thomas Scherer wrote:
>
> When I was flying my Trigear to Southern France over the weekend
> I had a failure of one brake: the brake line jumped off the elbow
> fitting on the port wheel.
> (snip)
Has anyone else had such a failure? I am a bit
suspicious of these plastic lines for my
tri-gear. Is this black, nylon-like stuff used on
the monowheel?
Besides the integrity of the connection, I've read
on the Lancair mail list where similar tubing they
supply can get brittle and crack at the brake
caliper (due to heating/cooling cycles). There is
a variant of Murphy's Law that says were a brake
line to fail while maneuvering on a crowded ramp,
the most difficult to repair part of the Europa
will strike a similar part on the most expensive
jet on the ramp.
I was considering substituting aluminum tubing,
with appropriate AN fittings. Has anyone done
this?
Regards,
Fred Fillinger, A063
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