Charlie Smith
July 2nd 03, 12:31 PM
Jeff,
You may wish to consider Parker Parflex nylon hose. It is available in
several wall thickness at 1/4 inch OD. The hose is UV stabilized so there
is little worry about it becoming brittle after a few years of exposure to
light (you could always paint over it). Minimum purchase lengths for most
1/4 hose is 100 feet. If you buy the 0.035 inch wall hose (1000 psi burst),
that will cost you about $30 for the 100 foot spool.
Parker's catalog for tubing is available on-line at this address:
http://www.parker.com/parflex/images/4660-cd/4660d.pdf
Go to the thermoplastic tubing section and from there select nylon tubing.
Burst pressures range from 1000 to 2000 psi for 1/4 OD tubing depending on
wall thickness.
For fittings, Parker sells a fitting called Compress-Align that works with
this style tubing and has a high use pressure. Info on these are available
on-line at this address:
http://www.parker.com/brassprod/cat/3501_pdf/CA.pdf
Whatever you decide, best of luck,
Charlie Smith
"jeff" > wrote in message
thlink.net...
> I need to make a decision on what type of brake lines to run in my one off
> project. I'm using regular 500-5 wheels & brakes with about a 14' run from
> the cylinders on the rudder pedals to the LG. (plane is a tandem 2 seat
> pusher) Do I go with aluminum lines and flared fittings or nylaflow like
> everyone seems to be doing now? The plane has retracts, so I'll need flex
> lines at both ends of the brake lines. Will there be any problem with
nylon
> lines of this length? As discussed in an earlier thread on brake fittings,
> what diameter line would be best?
>
> Thanks in advance to the wise and powerful group mind.
>
> Jeff Schroeder
>
>
You may wish to consider Parker Parflex nylon hose. It is available in
several wall thickness at 1/4 inch OD. The hose is UV stabilized so there
is little worry about it becoming brittle after a few years of exposure to
light (you could always paint over it). Minimum purchase lengths for most
1/4 hose is 100 feet. If you buy the 0.035 inch wall hose (1000 psi burst),
that will cost you about $30 for the 100 foot spool.
Parker's catalog for tubing is available on-line at this address:
http://www.parker.com/parflex/images/4660-cd/4660d.pdf
Go to the thermoplastic tubing section and from there select nylon tubing.
Burst pressures range from 1000 to 2000 psi for 1/4 OD tubing depending on
wall thickness.
For fittings, Parker sells a fitting called Compress-Align that works with
this style tubing and has a high use pressure. Info on these are available
on-line at this address:
http://www.parker.com/brassprod/cat/3501_pdf/CA.pdf
Whatever you decide, best of luck,
Charlie Smith
"jeff" > wrote in message
thlink.net...
> I need to make a decision on what type of brake lines to run in my one off
> project. I'm using regular 500-5 wheels & brakes with about a 14' run from
> the cylinders on the rudder pedals to the LG. (plane is a tandem 2 seat
> pusher) Do I go with aluminum lines and flared fittings or nylaflow like
> everyone seems to be doing now? The plane has retracts, so I'll need flex
> lines at both ends of the brake lines. Will there be any problem with
nylon
> lines of this length? As discussed in an earlier thread on brake fittings,
> what diameter line would be best?
>
> Thanks in advance to the wise and powerful group mind.
>
> Jeff Schroeder
>
>