Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #62478
From: Steve Colwell <mcmess1919@yahoo.com>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: LNC2 firewall
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:28:53 -0400
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>

Is there someone out there that would like to make a comparison (cost, utility, performance et al) between the blanket and the stainless/fiberfrax installation?
Jim

 

I was stressing out over the best possible fire protection by looking at fire resistant: Paint, Firewall Penetrations, Sealants, etc..  My conclusion was to do the best job I could on fire prevention (fuel lines, anti-chafe, heat shielding, exhaust pipes, fire sleeves) and have a procedure for getting it on the ground as quickly as possible with fuel and ignition off.

Why?  A local Aerobatic Performer flying a Harmon Rocket had a FWF fire in the pattern.  He got it on the runway asap, but not before a hole was burned in the belly.  He died of smoke inhalation.  The odds are not good on a in-flight FWF fire, has anyone heard of a successful conclusion? 

 

Steve Colwell  Legacy

 

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