X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao03.cox.net ([68.230.241.36] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c1) with ESMTP id 679926 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:38:24 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.36; envelope-from=ALVentures@cox.net Received: from BigAl ([68.7.14.39]) by fed1rmmtao03.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-118-20041027) with ESMTP id <20050824013738.RAY17043.fed1rmmtao03.cox.net@BigAl> for ; Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:37:38 -0400 From: "Al Gietzen" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: Engine fires Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 18:37:51 -0700 Message-ID: <000001c5a84c$70e0aac0$6400a8c0@BigAl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0001_01C5A811.C486B4C0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C5A811.C486B4C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 =20 As causes of accidents, how common are engine fires in canard=20 homebuilts? What kind of fire history do we have in the homebuilt=20 community overall? Just wonderin' what we're up against ... Jim S. =20 Jim; =20 I personally know of three Velocitys that have head engine fires. In = one case the plane was destroyed after forced landing, in another = (w/Powersport engine) forced landing not too serious damage, and the other (Chuck Harbert's rotary) had two fires, both landings back at the airport, one = with gear collapse. =20 There may have been others. Out of, what; maybe 150 Velocitys that have flown? That's a 2% probability. Pretty high for such a potentially = serious mishap. =20 But you made a good point - the best solution is prevention; that = includes no barb fittings and rubber hoses downstream from the EFI pump, Bernie. = :-) =20 Al ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01C5A811.C486B4C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

 

 

As causes of accidents, how common are engine fires in canard =

homebuilts?  What kind of fire history do we have in the homebuilt

community overall?

Just wonderin' what we're up against ... Jim S.

 

Jim;

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I personally = know of three Velocitys that have head engine fires.  In one case the plane = was destroyed after forced landing, in another (w/Powersport engine) forced = landing not too serious damage, and the other (Chuck = Harbert’s rotary) had two fires, both landings back at the airport, one with gear collapse.

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There may = have been others. Out of, what; maybe 150 Velocitys that have flown?  = That’s a 2% probability.  Pretty high for such a potentially serious = mishap.

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But you made = a good point – the best solution is prevention; that includes no barb = fittings and rubber hoses downstream from the EFI pump, Bernie. J

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Al

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