X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 01:23:44 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-d04.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.36] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.6) with ESMTP id 929715 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:52:26 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.157.36; envelope-from=MikeEasley@aol.com Received: from MikeEasley@aol.com by imo-d04.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r6.3.) id q.68.6446d0e4 (57293) for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:51:35 -0500 (EST) From: MikeEasley@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <68.6446d0e4.30fe5067@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:51:35 EST Subject: [LML] Re: Legacy Canopy, Burnt Glareshield X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1137505895" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5300 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1137505895 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Art, Ultra Leather is fire resistant, enough to be self-extinguishing. So if you would have left it long enough, the material would have burned away from the hot spot and then gone out. But... I'm not sure about the foam. Most foams are fire resistant too. I would bet your interior guy used high quality fire resistant foam. I ran some tests on the materials in my plane before I installed them. Individually, they all passed. Then I built some sandwiches that duplicated the way they'd be installed in the plane and burn tested them too. Everything passed the test. Maybe a reflective cover for the glareshield similar to a Kennon shade makes sense when the canopy is open. I remember the factory Legacy having a bunch of burn marks on the glareshield. Mike -------------------------------1137505895 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Art,

Ultra Leather is fire resistant, enough to be self-extinguishing. = So=20 if you would have left it long enough, the material would have burned away f= rom=20 the hot spot and then gone out.

But...

I'm not sure about the foam. Most foams are fire resistant too.&n= bsp;=20 I would bet your interior guy used high quality fire resistant foam.

I ran some tests on the materials in my plane before I installed=20 them. Individually, they all passed. Then I built some sandwiche= s=20 that duplicated the way they'd be installed in the plane and burn tested the= m=20 too. Everything passed the test.

Maybe a reflective cover for the glareshield similar to a Kennon shade=20 makes sense when the canopy is open. I remember the factory Legacy hav= ing=20 a bunch of burn marks on the glareshield.

Mike

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