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Thread: Brake line routing through fabric

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    Default Re: Brake line routing through fabric

    Hmmm, I never considered that. I wonder what the brake line tubing and fabric have been doing while the Grove LG has been flexing? Could the tubing pull out of the 90* fitting?
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    Default Re: Brake line routing through fabric

    To avoid pulling out of the fittings, you would want to lay it out so there is no pulling force on the brake lines as the gear flexes and the lines either slide freely thru the fabric or flex gently sideways. I would avoid gluing or fixing the lines at the point they penetrate the fabric.
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    Default Re: Brake line routing through fabric

    Quote Originally Posted by jiott View Post
    Don't forget that the Grove gear flexes maybe up to 1" in this area so the brake lines must be able to also move this much without pulling/pushing too much on the fabric.
    Check this video:

    http://www.groveaircraft.com/droptest.html#
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