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no fuel OR oil = no fire.
There's 10 quarts of oil which will continue to be
pumped as long as the prop is windmilling.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 1:07
PM
Subject: [LML] Re: In Flight Engine Fire
Extinguishers
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.
If you have good engine gages, you should be able to detect a fire
by "unusual readings" (not to mention smoke). However, you can install
temperature senders to sense unusually high temps and report it as
"fire."
Military systems require that you cut off the fuel first and
then "blow the bottle." Because of the high air flow, it takes a large
bottle (heavy, bulky) and it must blow all at once to "snuff" the
fire.
Cheers,
Bill
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