REFLECTOR: Wing Root Protection

[John Youngblood]

Hello Chuck,

Do you have a pic of your piano hinge set up for the cowling.  Love  
to see it!

Thanks,

John
On Feb 25, 2007, at 3:54 PM, Chuck Harbert wrote:

> Kurt, I think the wing root protection is critical (maybe more so  
> than the
> firewall). I coated mine with a fire retardant (intumescent) paint  
> that I
> got from AS many years ago. Someone told me of a Velocity that crashed
> because they had an unknown fire for quite awhile that eventually  
> burned off
> the wing supports. The fire exposed the wing roots where the wing  
> bolts
> holding the wings are located. Also, the wings contain combustible  
> foam if
> it burns through the fiberglass. Fire retardant paint works (I know  
> from
> experience).
>
> Chuck H
>
> p.s. I use the piano hinge setup on my plane and it's great. Cowls  
> off or on
> in less than a minute.
>
>
> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:57:59 EST
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> The firewall is done and installed and the wing root protection for  
> the
> large
> vertical portion of the wings is done. Does anyone bother putting  
> protection
> on the flanges of the wing?  My manual has zero reference to  
> firewall or
> wingroot protection.  My setup is different from the plans, I am using
> thicker
> flanges with embeded piano hinge attachments for the cowl (like  
> many RV's
> and
> Lancairs). Seems like the flanges would be fine without additional
> protection.
>
>
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