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I’m working on routing my brake lines. I remember a post that had a picture of the lines going through the fuselage fabric to the grove gear. The line had a fairing or grommet at the fuselage for a smooth transition and aerodynamics. I’ve searching the forum, but I can’t find it. Anybody know the post or the piece that I’m taking about? Much appreciated.
Here's mine using rudder cable fairings from Spruce I think.
I used AN fittings to make the transition.
The fitting shown in 1st pic is a rudder cable pass through fitting available at Air craft Spruce. I used them on my installation during the build and also installed a forward set for use in a tailwheel configuration. So if shifting to tail wheel just remove the compression fittings fitting and withdraw brake lines from the aft fittings and reinsert through the forward fittings. Attached are two pics showing the inside view of the brake lines. My exterior looks same as the one in show in the post, except my lines went straight into the gear instead of with a 90deg angle. Leave enough slack in the lines to allow for flex in the grove gear cross member.
Mr. Bill, looks to me that those brake fittings don't allow for the quite considerable flexing of the Grove gear crossmember. It moves a LOT.
I used these. ID is just right for the brake line. Comes in a pair as well! I backed them up with a piece of round abs cut from .040 white sheet also from the local mini airplane store!
https://www.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXD860
Perfect!!! Thanks guys...
The fittings are not too far from the gear pivot point so the flex has not been a problem. As with turnbuckles, there are always more than one way to do anything. You pays your money and takes your choice (Popeye I think).
Go to the factory Webb site and look at the video “KitFox at play, about 1:45 into it and see how much the gear flexes.