REFLECTOR: fire warning (was explosion)

[Hiroo Umeno]

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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