Just this weekend I was trying to determine a good place to mount a fire extinguisher in my ES.  I still haven't figured out just where it would be best located.  I thought that I could build a cavity into the right upholstery panel and mount it below the co-pilot's stick, just in front of the co-pilot's seat.  Anyone have a better suggestion. 

 

My criteria is:

  1. Must be within pilot's easy reach,

  2. Must be out of the reach of the feet (don't want it getting kicked)

  3. Must not block ingress/egress.

  4. Must not be mounted where it would become a missle in a forced landing

  5. Must not interfere with the operation of switches, fuel selector, rudder pedals, etc.

 

So, let's hear everyone's suggestions on this.

 

BTW, I also have a fire detector under the cowl which is wired to a large LED on the panel.  It is sensitive enough to spot the flame from a cigarette lighter across the hangar.  Call me paranoid if you wish, but I think this would have provided some valuable information in this particular emergency situation.

 

Mark S.

LNCE

 

On 5/29/07, John Schroeder <jschroeder@perigee.net> wrote:

John -

We did a 100 hour inspection on our ES and found that that all of the nuts on the 4 contactors in the back of the airplane needed re-torquing. The firewall connections were OK. Another data point for the archives.

Thanks,

John Schroeder
LNCE - 103 hours


On Tue, 29 May 2007 12:49:41 -0400, Halle, John <JJHALLE@stoel.com> wrote:

> The firewall connections are hard to see (at least on the cabin side)
> but I am definitely adding that to my annual checklist.  If the rest of
> you are not sure your connections are as tight as they were when you put
> them together, suggest you check.  I'm also finding a new place for my
> fire extinguisher.




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