REFLECTOR: fire warning (was explosion)

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2 ways.  First is with a waterjet.  Second is cut it before it's 
tempered.  Both are nearly impossible to do at home, both are easy for a 
good glass shop.

There's also the practical matter of getting back to the firewall to look, 
while you're flying the airplane and the fire alarm is going off.

At 10:36 PM 7/16/03 -0400, you wrote:
>The replacement glass for a gas grill is tough enough but how do you cut it?
>Wayne
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Alexander Balic" <alex157@direcway.com>
>To: <reflector@tvbf.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 8:04 PM
>Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: fire warning (was explosion)
>
>
> > You can get special quartz glass/Pyrex glass, that will withstand the heat
> > that can be applied to it from the back of the firewall- I have a closed
> > firebox fireplace that uses quartz glass in two large panels (about
> > 18"x18")in the firebox doors and last winter, I built a fire so large in
> > there that the steel log support crumpled and there was so much heat
>inside
> > that the IR actually almost set the shielded oak door handles on fire (
>they
> > were smoking profusely so I doused them before they ignited) these glass
> > panels are now about 20 years old, and they see fire at least 10-15 times
> > each year, no cracks, no distortion.
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: reflector-admin@tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-admin@tvbf.org]On
> > Behalf Of Hiroo Umeno
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 4:39 PM
> > To: reflector@tvbf.org
> > Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: fire warning (was explosion)
> >
> >
> > Depending on the flight condition, the window breaking might shoot a
> > column of flame right into the passenger compartment.  I believe the
> > engine compartment has higher air pressure than the cabin.
> >
> > Hiroo
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: reflector-admin@tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-admin@tvbf.org] On
> > Behalf Of Jeffrey Clough
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 3:35 PM
> > To: reflector@tvbf.org
> > Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: fire warning (was explosion)
> >
> > Guess it doesn't have to take that much heat under normal
> > circumstances...ya
> > want it to be able to verify there is NOT a fire back there...if there
> > is a
> > fire back there you are in bad shape regardless and then who cares about
> > the
> > little glass window!
> >
> >
> > > Scott,
> > >
> > > > > Has anyone ever glassed in a small glass window in their firewall?
> > >
> > > > Now that is an interesting and KISS solution.
> > >
> > > Definitely! Guess you need to check with glass manufacturers to find
> > some
> > > that'll take a lot of heat.
> > >
> > > > Of course I'm always looking out the front window.....
> > >
> > > Good idea. But if the fire warning went off, this would sure give you
> > confirmation.
> > >
> > > Dave Black
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