Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #54225
From: <rehbinc@aol.com>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [LML] Re: In Flight Engine Fire Extinguishers
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:28:35 -0500
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>

Yep - the best protection is to have and TEST a fuel cutoff valve.  No fuel = no fire, and fiberglass doesn't burn well on it's own.


That all depends on the resin used. Most Fiberglass uses a polyester resin. It takes a little effort to get it started, but once ignited it burnes quite well. I have see nothing more than hot brake lining fragments ignite the polyester fiberglass nacelle of a wind turbine in White Deer, TX. With no other fuel involved, 99.9% of the nacelle burned away.
 
Fiberglass yachts burn as good as any bonfire. Fiberglass fires are the source of about 20% of my income these days.

Rob
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