X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.64] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c1) with ESMTP id 686615 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 10:00:33 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.64; envelope-from=atlasyts@bellsouth.net Received: from ibm58aec.bellsouth.net ([68.213.226.209]) by imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050830135948.OJCQ388.imf16aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm58aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 09:59:48 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.107] (really [68.213.226.209]) by ibm58aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050830135947.HRXX24572.ibm58aec.bellsouth.net@[192.168.0.107]> for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 09:59:47 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-10--1073192941 Message-Id: <694D56F3-352D-4E72-A24E-43146C975B22@bellsouth.net> From: Bulent Aliev Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: UV-Tron Fire Detection System Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 09:59:38 -0400 To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) --Apple-Mail-10--1073192941 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed Another thing to know is how it will be affected by any smoke in the =20 engine ruum? Buly On Aug 30, 2005, at 9:53 AM, Mark R Steitle wrote: > Thanks Buly. One other test I would like to run is to see how it =20 > responds to a glowing exhaust manifold. > > > > Mark S. > > > > From: Rotary motors in aircraft =20 > [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Bulent Aliev > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 8:33 AM > To: Rotary motors in aircraft > Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: UV-Tron Fire Detection System > > > > Very good job Mark. Looks like this is a big plus for pusher =20 > installations. > > Buly > > On Aug 30, 2005, at 9:04 AM, Mark R Steitle wrote: > > > > > Last week we were discussing various methods of dealing with fire =20 > dangers in our aircraft. I decided to try out the Hamamatsu UV =20 > Tron flame sensor, and promised to report my findings to the Fly =20 > Rotary group. > > > > I located a pre-assembled circuit board from Superdroid Robots, a =20 > company that supplies a variety of parts for robots. They were the =20= > only place I could find that carried the Hamamatsu C3704 flame =20 > detector and driver card. So, I ordered both along with a relay =20 > board. (Attached is a picture of the boards.) The UV Tron sensor =20 > is the clear glass =93bulb=94 in the foreground. The small board on =20= > the left is a voltage converter, allowing it to be connected =20 > directly to 14v. > > > > I hooked it up to a 12v cordless drill battery and tested it using =20 > a propane fire starter. It could easily =93see=94 a flame from 6=92 = away =20 > (maybe more, but I didn=92t test it beyond 6=92) and up to 90* right = or =20 > left. I didn=92t test up/down, but the spec sheet indicates that it =20= > is about the same in the vertical and horizontal planes. I could =20 > not get it to false trip by using a fluorescent or a halogen =20 > light. There is about a .5 second delay before it trips the =20 > relay. The tech rep at Superdroid Robots indicated that the UV =20 > Tron sensor could be remotely mounted up to 3=92 away from the =20 > board. I plan on mounting it in a small box on the firewall with =20 > the leads running though the firewall to the circuit boards inside =20 > the cabin, wired to a big red flashing LED on the panel. =20 > Everything in the picture (including s&h) ran $150. I look at it =20 > as cheap insurance. Hopefully, I will never need it. > > > > Mark S. > > > > > > > > -- > > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/ > > > > > > --Apple-Mail-10--1073192941 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Another thing to know is how it = will be affected by any smoke in the engine = ruum?
Buly
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On Aug 30, 2005, at 9:53 AM, = Mark R Steitle wrote:

Thanks Buly.=A0 One = other test I would like to run is to see how it responds to a glowing = exhaust manifold.=A0

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Mark S.

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Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline= .net] Bulent = Aliev
Tuesday, August = 30, 2005 8:33 AM
Rotary motors in = aircraft
[FlyRotary] Re: = UV-Tron Fire Detection System=A0

Very good job Mark. Looks like this is a big = plus for pusher installations.=A0

Buly

On Aug 30, 2005, at 9:04 AM, Mark R Steitle = wrote:



Last week we were = discussing various methods of dealing with fire dangers in our = aircraft.=A0 I decided to try out the Hamamatsu UV Tron flame sensor, = and promised to report my findings to the Fly Rotary group.=A0

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I located a = pre-assembled circuit board from Superdroid Robots, a company that = supplies a variety of parts for robots.=A0 They were the only place I = could find that carried the Hamamatsu C3704 flame detector and driver = card.=A0 =A0So, I ordered both along with a relay board.=A0 (Attached is = a picture of the boards.)=A0 The UV Tron sensor is the clear glass = =93bulb=94 in the foreground.=A0 The small board on the left is a = voltage converter, allowing it to be connected directly to = 14v.=A0

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I hooked it up to a = 12v cordless drill battery and tested it using a propane fire starter.=A0 = It could easily =93see=94 a flame from 6=92 away (maybe more, but I = didn=92t test it beyond 6=92) and up to 90* right or left.=A0 I didn=92t = test up/down, but the spec sheet indicates that it is about the same in = the vertical and horizontal planes.=A0 I could not get it to false trip = by using a fluorescent or a halogen light.=A0 There is about a .5 second = delay before it trips the relay.=A0 The tech rep at Superdroid Robots = indicated that the UV Tron sensor could be remotely mounted up to 3=92 = away from the board.=A0 I plan on mounting it in a small box on the = firewall with the leads running though the firewall to the circuit = boards inside the cabin, wired to a big red flashing LED on the panel.=A0 = Everything in the picture (including s&h) ran $150.=A0 I look at it = as cheap insurance.=A0 Hopefully, I will never need it.

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Mark S.=A0 = =A0=A0=A0=A0

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