Fuel Line Safety Wire???
06-05-2007, 02:19 PM
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RE: Fule Line Safety Wire???
Copper will usually break before geting tight enough to do any good. BVM sells a spool of the correct guage stainless. Reasonablely priced and even has BVM on the wood spool..Worth the price, LOL
06-05-2007, 02:32 PM
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RE: Fule Line Safety Wire???
Terry,
Thanks for the quick reply.
Being new to jets I wasn't sure and knew I'd get a quick and correct answer here.
Snoozer
Thanks for the quick reply.
Being new to jets I wasn't sure and knew I'd get a quick and correct answer here.
Snoozer
06-05-2007, 03:08 PM
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RE: Fuel Line Safety Wire???
http://www.chiefaircraft.com/cgi-bin...afetyWire.html ; at $10 a pop, it's cheap enough to buy one spool for the workshop and one for your fieldbox, and the spools are large enough to last a lifetime.
I use .025 for fuel lines, .020 for air lines.
I use .025 for fuel lines, .020 for air lines.
06-05-2007, 04:44 PM
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RE: Fuel Line Safety Wire???
ORIGINAL: Gordon Mc
http://www.chiefaircraft.com/cgi-bin...afetyWire.html ; at $10 a pop, it's cheap enough to buy one spool for the workshop and one for your fieldbox, and the spools are large enough to last a lifetime.
I use .025 for fuel lines, .020 for air lines.
http://www.chiefaircraft.com/cgi-bin...afetyWire.html ; at $10 a pop, it's cheap enough to buy one spool for the workshop and one for your fieldbox, and the spools are large enough to last a lifetime.
I use .025 for fuel lines, .020 for air lines.
06-05-2007, 05:22 PM
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RE: Fuel Line Safety Wire???
Wow, and I thought that little BVM spool was a bargain at $5.00 each.
06-05-2007, 05:30 PM
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RE: Fuel Line Safety Wire???
I've used a whole roll of BVM and only gone through 1.5 jets and a gasser. Next time I run out, I'm ordering the one pounder
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06-05-2007, 05:35 PM
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RE: Fuel Line Safety Wire???
I honestly never put the safety wire on my air lines and rarely see it implemented in other jets. It's always a good idea, but I couldn't manage to get a loop of wire tied around such tight areas as the retract and brake fittings.
06-05-2007, 06:50 PM
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Just buy some at your local hardware store. I paid $1.09 plus tax for 25 feet of it a few years ago and I still have plenty left; no shipping charges either.
Of course if it's going into a BVM jet then I guess you'll have to pay the extra $ to get the logo on the spool.
Joe
Of course if it's going into a BVM jet then I guess you'll have to pay the extra $ to get the logo on the spool.
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06-05-2007, 08:35 PM
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RE: Fuel Line Safety Wire???
ORIGINAL: afterburner
Wow, and I thought that little BVM spool was a bargain at $5.00 each.[X(]
ORIGINAL: Gordon Mc
http://www.chiefaircraft.com/cgi-bin...afetyWire.html ; at $10 a pop, it's cheap enough to buy one spool for the workshop and one for your fieldbox, and the spools are large enough to last a lifetime.
I use .025 for fuel lines, .020 for air lines.
http://www.chiefaircraft.com/cgi-bin...afetyWire.html ; at $10 a pop, it's cheap enough to buy one spool for the workshop and one for your fieldbox, and the spools are large enough to last a lifetime.
I use .025 for fuel lines, .020 for air lines.
..........................AND, I hadd to use it on myBrake "Air" Lines on the PST Panther...........Cause they are filled with Hydralic Jack oil, and under master cylinder pressure they will pop off. Also the reason I used a JR 8411 servo on the brakes
06-05-2007, 08:59 PM
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I honestly never put the safety wire on my air lines and rarely see it implemented in other jets. It's always a good idea, but I couldn't manage to get a loop of wire tied around such tight areas as the retract and brake fittings.
I honestly never put the safety wire on my air lines and rarely see it implemented in other jets. It's always a good idea, but I couldn't manage to get a loop of wire tied around such tight areas as the retract and brake fittings.
You need to use 0.011 annealed SS wire for air lines. The 0.025 or even 0.02 stuff is too thick to be easily wrapped (twice, as it should be) around airlines. The 0.011 stuff is plenty strong enough for air lines. You can get it from small parts:
http://www.smallparts.com/products/d...ions/saw%2Ecfm
Since I've been doing this, I've had MANY fewer problems with my air setups...
Bob
06-05-2007, 10:09 PM
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I use .20 safety wire fuel lines..................
I use .20 safety wire fuel lines..................
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06-05-2007, 10:16 PM
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you da man if you can wrap .2 around a fuel line, they use that to hold up telephone poles.
ORIGINAL: jimbo1846
I use .20 safety wire fuel lines..................
I use .20 safety wire fuel lines..................
Ah ... but you haven't seen how enormous his fuel lines are !!
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ORIGINAL: rhklenke
You need to use 0.011 annealed SS wire for air lines. The 0.025 or even 0.02 stuff is too thick to be easily wrapped (twice, as it should be) around airlines. The 0.011 stuff is plenty strong enough for air lines. You can get it from small parts:
http://www.smallparts.com/products/d...ions/saw%2Ecfm
Since I've been doing this, I've had MANY fewer problems with my air setups...
Bob
You need to use 0.011 annealed SS wire for air lines. The 0.025 or even 0.02 stuff is too thick to be easily wrapped (twice, as it should be) around airlines. The 0.011 stuff is plenty strong enough for air lines. You can get it from small parts:
http://www.smallparts.com/products/d...ions/saw%2Ecfm
Since I've been doing this, I've had MANY fewer problems with my air setups...
Bob
