REFLECTOR: fire warning (was explosion)

[Jeffrey Clough]

Has anyone ever glassed in a small glass window in their firewall?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Shea" <xl340hp@yahoo.com>
To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: fire warning (was explosion)


> --- Jack Sheehan <j.f.sheehan@larc.nasa.gov> wrote:
> > Mack,
> > What are you using as a sensor for the fire warning?
> > Jack
>
> Another question - just what do you do when the fire
> warning goes off?? I guess the obvious answer is to
> look for other indications that your back end is
> burning. Can you see trailing smoke at night? Given
> the potential consequences, you almost have to assume
> worst case scenario from the warning and get on the
> ground immediately (since that's what you would do if
> you *knew* you were on fire). That isn't always going
> to be pretty depending on the weather conditions,
> hostility of the terrain, etc. Not an easy decision to
> make since it's *possibly* a false positive or even a
> fire that *may* not be life threatening. I have the
> same concerns w/ a fire suppression system - is the
> fire really out?? Was the plane ever on fire?? On the
> other hand, to quote Scott Swing from his first
> retract video, "better than nothing"...
>  However, live video from a small Board or Bullet
> camera(s) inside the cowl makes sense to me. Either
> feed the video to an MFD or a separate little flat
> screen on panel. Total weight would be under 2 lbs.
> Now the pilot can make some educated decisions.
> Combine it w/ fire warning and/or suppression and
> you've got the whole pkg!
>
> Pat (sorry for the long post - just thinking in
> public)
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