REFLECTOR: firewall protection
Douglas Holub
doug.holub at tx.rr.com
Sat Jan 5 22:33:30 CST 2008
What do they use in aluminum airplanes?
----- Original Message -----
From: Matt Bucko
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: firewall protection
Lighter... and it melts almost instantly in a fire. I saw some info on an aluminum air box and one made out of SS. In a fire, the aluminum box melted completely, the SS box held together fine. The box was a hot air diverter for cabin heat. Good demo on why a heat shield should not be aluminum. Fire could be from burning fuel or oil, electrical, or an exhaust leak spewing hot gas onto the shield.
Matt
-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]On Behalf Of Douglas Holub
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 9:03 PM
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: firewall protection
Why wouldn't I use 1/16" aluminum instead of 1/16" stainless steel to cover the fiberfrax on my firewall? It's lighter.
Doug Holub
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