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Joa,I guess that most people read that article that I put in Coupe Capers a while back when I had that fire in my cockpit,But in case you missed it,I will state what happened breifly.While flying along one dark moonless night,I smelled smoke and soon after,I saw flames coming from the pass.side floorboards near the firewall.My fire ext. did not work because the little hair spray type button fell off and went in between the seat.I was able to keep the flames at bay by stepping on it about every 2 mins. or so.I was lucky enough to declare an emerg.and make it to an airport and landed safely.When the fire dept. opened the cowling,we found that my 300 hr. exh.sys. had broken and raw flames were shooting back onto the firewall and super heating the floor boards,causing the wood to ignite.Since then,I use this stuff called Fiberfax as an insulating material.You can get it from A/S or I can send you some,I have a lot left over. Don't take a chance on this one because I was really scared after I landed and the fireman could not even believe that I had made it to the ground because of the location of the header tank.( I never told them that I had cut the eng. off once I figured I had a runway made)Jim in Ct. ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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