Ted Radclyffe
Active Member
Not wishing to open a huge discussion again but I have just had an experience which could have been a safety issue.
On the down wind leg, I felt that the right brake was perhaps spongy....no, it was OK on the second push!
On landing I felt it best to roll through to the last taxiway rather than hard braking perhaps there could be a problem.....no it seemed OK this time.
I taxied to the bowser for fuel and used the right brake to spin round infront of the bowser. No right brake!
With the wind the way it was, I was able to limp to my parking bay and check the callipers and pipe work only to find that the aluminium pipe had work hardened and cracked at the flare on the AN calliper fitting. There was plenty of brake fluid on the disk and tyre.
It could have been my own faulty workmanship on the flaring but I don't feel that this is the case. Regardless, I am now in the process of putting braided flexible hoses between the brake callipers and the aluminium tubes down the legs.
The only reason I post this is because I had ignored the previous discussions on the topic to my peril. It could have been a dramatic safety issue if I had used hard braking on the landing.
My advice would be to consider using hoses between the leg and the calliper during construction rather than getting caught later.
Ted.
RV6A (About 100 landings)
On the down wind leg, I felt that the right brake was perhaps spongy....no, it was OK on the second push!
On landing I felt it best to roll through to the last taxiway rather than hard braking perhaps there could be a problem.....no it seemed OK this time.
I taxied to the bowser for fuel and used the right brake to spin round infront of the bowser. No right brake!
With the wind the way it was, I was able to limp to my parking bay and check the callipers and pipe work only to find that the aluminium pipe had work hardened and cracked at the flare on the AN calliper fitting. There was plenty of brake fluid on the disk and tyre.
It could have been my own faulty workmanship on the flaring but I don't feel that this is the case. Regardless, I am now in the process of putting braided flexible hoses between the brake callipers and the aluminium tubes down the legs.
The only reason I post this is because I had ignored the previous discussions on the topic to my peril. It could have been a dramatic safety issue if I had used hard braking on the landing.
My advice would be to consider using hoses between the leg and the calliper during construction rather than getting caught later.
Ted.
RV6A (About 100 landings)