Return-Path: Received: from rook.innercite.com ([158.222.5.8]) by ns1.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-64832U3500L350S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Fri, 17 Nov 2000 13:21:05 -0500 Received: from colwell (host-56-248.dialup.innercite.com [158.222.56.248]) by rook.innercite.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA07511 for ; Fri, 17 Nov 2000 10:28:40 -0800 Message-ID: <00be01c050c4$54f79e20$6138de9e@colwell> From: "Steve & Claudette Colwell" To: References: Subject: Emergency Exit Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 10:29:32 -0800 X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Re: Foam in wing tanks >I > would spend my time figuring out how to get the door open quickly..... >Additionally, with the types of doors in our planes, which make it difficult >to exit if the plane is upside down, even a small leak of gas from foamed >tanks will probably be fatal. In a upside down situation with the 2 place, getting the canopy open will probably require lifting the airframe high enough to get the canopy open. This just happened to Dave Anders, at the Reno Races, in his Questair Venture which had a tilt forward canopy like the Lancair 2 place. Luckily there were enough people to lift the airframe high enough for Dave to crawl out. I have been thinking of handles mounted to the aft cockpit windows that would allow you to pull the windows off from inside. This could be accompanied by a bright red arrow placards outside, "EMERGENCY - Kick In Window". Steve Colwell Legacy #32 N15SC >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>