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mfrench601(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 8:37 pm Post subject: CH601HD brake lines

Can anyone give advise on routing brakes lines and what to use on my 601HD.  I am at the point of closing the wing center section top skins.  I am thinking about using 1/8" aluminum tubing and going through the daylight lower corners of the rear ribs just behind the main spar.  I just don't see a good neat way to route between the gear and the pedals.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

   

  Thanks, 

   

  Michael French



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klaus(at)utdallas.edu
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Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 4:55 am Post subject: CH601HD brake lines

Hi Michael,



1. You may consider plastic brake lines from Aircraft Spruce.

The gear movement cannot be accommodated by aluminum

tubing. Same problem inside the cockpit with the movement

of the brake pedals.



2. We made a mistake when building our plane with regard

to routing of wires and tubing into the wing. We simply 

bundled everything with tie wraps and used safety wire

(three segments per hole) to hold everything

centered within the large holes of the ribs just aft of the spar.

It is great fun to replace a wire or tubing later on. If I had

to do it over again, I would put a thin plastic pipe centered

into those rib holes, held in place by safety wire, and everything 

would be routed within that pipe. It would make replacement

of wires or tubing very easy.



Hope this helps.



Best wishes,



Klaus

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larry(at)macsmachine.com
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Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 6:08 am Post subject: CH601HD brake lines

Michael,

I ran a short hose behind the gear up thru the skin to a bulkhead 

fitting, changed to tube and then thru the large rear hole and went 

forward along the outside of the last center section rib. The line then 

goes across thru the bottom of the center section console and forward to 

a point where it changes from aluminum tube to hose at the pedals.

http://www.macsmachine.com/images/gear/full/gfairingfitting.gif

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I used a 1/4-inch tube for durability. A typical hose would be high 

pressure type  303 with 491 fittings at the gear and at the pedals. Very 

durable.



Larry McFarland 601HDS at www.macsmachine.com

Michael French wrote:

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		   Can anyone give advise on routing brakes lines and what to use on my 

 601HD.  I am at the point of closing the wing center section top 

 skins.  I am thinking about using 1/8" aluminum tubing and going 

 through the daylight lower corners of the rear ribs just behind the 

 main spar.  I just don't see a good neat way to route between the gear 

 and the pedals.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

  

 Thanks, 

  

 Michael French

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