Return-Path: Sender: "Marvin Kaye" To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 19:59:48 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net ([204.127.202.55] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 528450 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 11 Nov 2004 19:56:09 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.202.55; envelope-from=JabeLuttrell@comcast.net Received: from c16494a (c-24-2-146-58.client.comcast.net[24.2.146.58]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with SMTP id <2004111200553801100n9nkbe>; Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:55:38 +0000 X-Original-Message-ID: <014d01c4c851$64132920$3a920218@attbi.com> From: "Jabe Luttrell" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: Re: [LML] Re: fire extinquishers X-Original-Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 19:48:56 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_014A_01C4C827.7AF9FDA0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_014A_01C4C827.7AF9FDA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Jeff, A few years ago when I installed the Toyota V-8 in a C340, I installed a = Halon bottle and fire detection wire in the engine compartment. The = bottle was on the right rear corner of the engine compartment in front = of the fire wall. The detection wire was snaked around the compartment = near the oil lines and the fuel lines. I put a stainless steel outer = shield on the exhaust pipes with a forced air inlet and an aft vent = overboard, so a cracked pipe wouldn't direct hot gases onto the carbon = fiber cowling. I also lined the lower cowling with the ceramic paper = used on Long-eze firewalls. Our procedure for fighting a fire was to shutoff the fuel,(the engine = will take care of itself), then discharge the bottle.=20 The fire bottles are available from aircraft supply and are very = expensive. I recently painted some intumescent paint on plain old corrugated = cardboard and torched it. The cardboard did not burn. Jabe Luttrell ----- Original Message -----=20 From: VTAILJEFF@aol.com=20 To: Lancair Mailing List=20 Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 12:23 PM Subject: [LML] Re: fire extinquishers Does anyone have any recommendations for remote fire detection/ fire = extinguishers for the engine compartment? Regards, Jeff Edwards LIVP N619SJ ------=_NextPart_000_014A_01C4C827.7AF9FDA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hello Jeff,
 
A few years ago when I installed the Toyota V-8 in a C340, I = installed a=20 Halon bottle and fire detection wire in the engine compartment.  = The bottle=20 was on the right rear corner of the engine compartment in front of the = fire=20 wall.  The detection wire was snaked around the compartment near = the oil=20 lines and the fuel lines.  I put a stainless steel outer = shield on the=20 exhaust pipes with a forced air inlet and an aft = vent overboard, so a=20 cracked pipe wouldn't direct hot gases onto the carbon fiber = cowling.  I=20 also lined the lower cowling with the ceramic paper used on Long-eze=20 firewalls.
 
Our procedure for fighting a fire was to shutoff the fuel,(the = engine will=20 take care of itself), then discharge the bottle. 
 
The fire bottles are available from aircraft supply and are very=20 expensive.
 
I recently painted some intumescent paint on plain old corrugated = cardboard=20 and torched it.  The cardboard did not burn.
 
Jabe Luttrell
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 VTAILJEFF@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, = 2004 12:23=20 PM
Subject: [LML] Re: fire=20 extinquishers

Does anyone have any recommendations for remote fire detection/ = fire=20 extinguishers for the engine compartment?
 
Regards,
 
Jeff Edwards
LIVP N619SJ
 
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