Part of the problem people that fly have (not to be insulting) is everyone focuses on flying... that land and park thing is SO annoying! Seriously, all elements of a system need to have performance characteristics dictated by the performance expectations. All mechanical systems are compromises based on performance. You want the craft to fly... you build it to fly... so be aware of your compromises when you are using it when it is not flying - i.e., taxi, braking, tie down, etc., etc., ....
JMHO and as is common on this site - your results may vary. Mark W N952MW -----Original Message----- From: n357cj via KRnet [mailto:krnet@list.krnet.org] Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2021 4:24 PM To: KRnet Cc: n357cj Subject: KR>Re: extended taxi test Jeff, Excellent advice as always. I removed the nyflo tubing from my plane before I finished taxi testing. I replaced with a similar product which the name escapes me right now but I knew I was getting brake fadding from taxi and it was not acceptable. After replacing with the thicker wall tubing it was never an issue again. Joe Horton, N357CJ No wait I think it's Parker??? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Scott" <jscott.pla...@gmx.com> T One other note on the plastic brake lines. The plastic lines do tend to expand a bit under pressure. With the expansion comes a loss of brake pressure. I have fixed a number of brake issues on Experimental planes by swapping out the 1/4" Nyloflow brake lines for 3/16" lines. I noted recently that the Aerion Lightning aircraft are now using 1/8" Nyloflow lines for the brakes to prevent loss of brake pressure due to the tubing expansion under pressure. Jeff Scott Arkansas Ozarks ________________________________ -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html -Change list delivery options at https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board -Search recent KRnet Archives at https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ -Search John Boyea's decades of archive at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/ ________________________________ -Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html -Change list delivery options at https://list.krnet.org/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ Affinity List Info Board -Search recent KRnet Archives at https://list.krnet.org/empathy/list/krnet.list.krnet.org/ -Search John Boyea's decades of archive at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/
