REFLECTOR: fire warning (was explosion)

[Scott Derrick]

Now that is an interesting and KISS solution.  Of course I'm always 
looking out the front window.....

Scott

Jeffrey Clough wrote:
> 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)
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>>--- 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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