Brake line routing through fabric

[Dave S]

Phil,

This is with the grove gear on a S7 trigear....

Here is a photo of the Starboard side where I ran the tubing through the fabric just in front of the rocker on the gear leg (approximately 2 inches from the end of the rocker). The idea for picking this spot was to put the penetration in line with the centerline of the rocker to minimize the amount of vertical motion the joint is exposed to due to gear flex. Second point is this location goes through the fabric where two pieces of tape overlay so no need to have a separate fabric reinforcement (per poly fiber manual). The red stuff is a dollop of red RTV to seal and hold the line at that point.

Second photo is the outside of the same penetration looking from the front. On the outside the tubing makes a turn towards the 90 degree fitting on the gear leg.

Port side is similar but don't have any photos of that.

PS - the white tape under the zip ties in the fuselage is hockey stick tape - a frugal choice to keep the zip tie from sliding or wearing on the tube.

Sincerely,

Dave S

KF7 Trigear
912ULS Warp Drive
St Paul, Minnesnowta