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From: "Michael Burke" <mburke@southernphone.com.au>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Fire extinguishers
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:44:16 +1000
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They sound like a great idea Marv. Where are they available from and what's
involved in installing them. I believe the sooner one is aware of a
potential problem, the more time you have to deal with it.
Michael Burke.
Australia.

I know it's not fire suppression, but on that Eagle-540-powered Lancair IVP
I've been working on, I installed a string of 368*f thermal fuses around the
upper perimeter of the firewall, on which the opening of any one of them
triggers a master annunciator alarm advising us of excessive under-cowl
temps that could only be associated with a fire. Should the alarm go off in
flight it would dictate declaring an emergency, shutting off the fuel to the
engine and making an immediate landing. Like I said, it's not suppression
but it's better than doing nothing about the issue. FWIW


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