Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 21:49:27 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-d03.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.35] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 2915834 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 03 Jan 2004 17:22:31 -0500 Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-d03.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v36_r4.8.) id q.87.2801350 (3972) for ; Sat, 3 Jan 2004 17:22:27 -0500 (EST) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <87.2801350.2d289aa3@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 17:22:27 EST Subject: Re: [LML] LNC2 Firewall Bulkhead Fittings X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1073168546" X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 350 -------------------------------1073168546 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

In a message dated 1/3/2004 12:57:34 PM Central Standard Time,=20 clkeller@utahweb.com writes:

I don't=20 know how thick the firewall is on the Legacy or L.IV, but
the LNC2=20 firewall is too thick for the standard AN bulkhead fittings.
What have= you=20 builders done to take your plumbing through the=20 firewall?

Charlie,

I only used 2 layers of fiber-frax (adequate fire protection, I think)=20= and=20 all the bulkhead fittings are "countersunk" from the aft side of the firewal= l -=20 that is I used a Dremel tool to dig out a shouldered area so the fitting wou= ld=20 work. The nut (not the pilot) is generally on the forward side.

It is interesting that, in light of the recent LML exchanges, you=20= are=20 still concerned with what builders are doing in in other Lancair aircraft.&n= bsp;=20

Scott=20 Krueger
Sky2high@aol.com
II-P N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL (KARR)

"..= .as=20 we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also k= now=20 there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do= not=20 know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't=20 know." D. Rumsfeld

-------------------------------1073168546 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 1/3/2004 12:57:34 PM Central Standard Time, clkeller@utahweb.com writes: I don't know how thick the firewall is on the Legacy or L.IV, but the LNC2 firewall is too thick for the standard AN bulkhead fittings. What have you builders done to take your plumbing through the firewall? Charlie, I only used 2 layers of fiber-frax (adequate fire protection, I think) and all the bulkhead fittings are "countersunk" from the aft side of the firewall - that is I used a Dremel tool to dig out a shouldered area so the fitting would work. The nut (not the pilot) is generally on the forward side. It is interesting that, in light of the recent LML exchanges, you are still concerned with what builders are doing in in other Lancair aircraft. Scott Krueger Sky2high@aol.com II-P N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL (KARR) "...as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know." D. Rumsfeld -------------------------------1073168546--