To me, the issue is not to withstand the fire, but to prevent ever having one in the first place. Keep your engine compartment clean and don't allow fuel to escape the lines and keep them away from the exhaust system, how you gonna get a fire? Maybe I am naïve about that, but I figure that in a plastic airplane, if you get a fire at 5000 feet, you are in serious trouble, no matter what kind of fittings you have.
See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics See you at the 2011 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il - MVN There is a time for building and it never seems to end. Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC -----Original Message----- I suspect a fire-sleeved, braided steel hose will probably last longer under a "direct fire" scenario. In reality, I wonder if that means anything (the guy with the rubber hose is on fire 5 minutes before the braided steel guy but neither of them had any warning so both are in the same pickle)
