Gary;
There are lots of different ways of detecting fires; different
applications use different technologies. See:
http://www.fire.org.uk/aviation/papers/home.htm
I found a couple of new Kidde Aerospace optical flame detectors on the
surplus market and bought them to install in my mid-engine MS that I'm
building. http://www.kiddeaerospace.com/product.shtml
After having my Porsche 911 catch on fire while I was driving dowbn the
street blissfully unaware of what was going on behind me, I'll say again
"In a rear-engine car, the driver is the last to know that he's on
fire!".
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Gary C. Hensley
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 11:27 AM
To: LandSpeed Digest
Subject: Fire Safety
Joe, Thanks for introducing Hank, you timing could not be better. Now
that we are getting our streamliner all the way down the track it's time
for us to start spending more time thinking about other issues.
Our team has just started on a quest to find a system that will tell us
when we have a fire. With the rider up front and the fire in the back we
are concerned that if and when we have a fire it will burn everything to
dust before the rider even begins to smell anything amiss or starts
slowing down, etc.
We think we need a device that will go off when it senses a fire and
will deploy the chutes and shut off the fuel & ignition.
Some advice from the list and Hank will be very appreciated.
Gary C. Hensley
S-G & S-F 650 1150B
Team Arrow Racing
Land Speed Motorcycle Racers
Detroit, Michigan and
Windsor, Ontario Canada
248-670-0883
www.arrowracing.org <http://www.arrowracing.org/>
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