Brake Cylinder Plumbing
I may want to tweak this setup slightly later. My Matco kit included nylon fittings which I may want to replace with brass at some point (although they do appear to seal very well). But in any event, this step worked out fairly well. I won't fill the lines yet - I still need to plumb the lines to the wheels, and I'm waiting to pull the gear out one last time to install the correct screws on the hard points before I take that step.
Brake plumbing at wheels
To plumb the brakes at the wheels I bought a pair of pre-made 12" braided stainless hoses with 1/8" NPT fittings pre-installed. These are smaller and lighter than what you can install yourself, and have very high burst pressure ratings. You can frequently find these cheaply on eBay. Mine are rated for 1800psi - plenty of margin.
To install them, I installed 1/8" NPT male-to-female right-angle fittings in the Matco calipers. The braided hoses run from these fittings up to a 1/8" NPT female-to-female coupler, and then into a 1/8" male NPT to 1/4" Nyloseal (mine are actually Parflex, which has a higher burst pressure) fitting on the brake line coming down the gear leg. A few stainless wire ties will complete the picture once I get them.
9/1/2018 ��pdate re brakes��The project arrived from Athens GA without the brakes and with the world's worst pair of tires. Also, the builder conversation has turned against NylaFlow. Seller says he showed me the plane with the parts removed, so it is what it is. Life is short, time to move on. There will be a repeat of the Matco install, plus replacement of the Nylflow with aluminum lines and braided steel brake lines.