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Hi.
Glad to see some controversy over my earlier
posting about fuel line overheating. First, I am Canadian and am under our
"Owners Maintenance" program, which enables us to work on problems such as this
without fear of the Bougey Man (F.A.A.). I am well aware of how many
people, especially in the U.S. feel about being your own doctor. I cannot
tell anyone to do as I do, but I know it worked for me, and that is who I'm
concerned about when I'm up there flapping along. Some would sooner die
than question authority. As to using a fire sleeve, it is good at keeping
those pesky flames off your fuel lines, but it doesn't have the heavy insulation
property needed. If the foam wrapping I used catches fire when
wrapped in several layers of foil, I've already got a major fire under way,
which the fuel line would quite likely survive nicely while the rest of the
plane looks like a shooting star. If there is no such mod as this for the
coupe, someone should look into it. I would be willing to bet many coupes
have gone down with this problem with no one ever knowing what really
happened. I feel very fortunate to be able to carefully experiment
with improvements such as using gear oil in the main gear legs to give a MUCH
softer landing, and several other simple, common sense things to make the plane
safer, and more enjoyable to fly. I look forward to hearing more
response and flak. That's why my coupe is called Flak Magnet!
Jon Page 415-C Flak Magnet
(Canada).
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