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If you are certified under CARs you DO NOT need any of this. Burn test, fire resistant or anything else. Bob Parker Mena, AR. ----- Original Message ----- From: "dddoyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Coupers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 10:54 PM Subject: Re: [COUPERS] Fireproofing upholstery | ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- | | Jan, | | You are correct that the interior materials only have to be fire resistant. | However, proof that the material meets the FAA's definition of fire | resistance must be provided by an FAA Designated Engineering Representative | (DER) who must witness the test in a "controlled" environment; ie, something | more controlled than my garage :-). | | There is a good article in the November 1998 issue of Light Plane | Maintenance magazine. Another article worth reading is at the following | site: | | http://www.avweb.com/articles/p91uphol/ | | I suspect that the material I have in mind will pass the fire resistent | test. But I will have to have the pretty certificate from a DER for my | plane to pass the annual each year, or to sell it, or to collect insurance | (hopefully not). The header tank may make the issue of material | flameability moot except for these other issues. | | Ken Doyle | Springfield, Mo | Alon N5477E | | | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: Jan E Zanutto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 10:33 PM | Subject: Re: [COUPERS] Fireproofing upholstery | | | > Concerning upholstery- our Ercoupes DO NOT have to meet the fireproof | > requirements of FAR 23. If you read AC43.13's section on upholstery it | > says that aircraft certified under the C.A.R.s (that's us people with old | > airplanes) only have to have fire-resistant material. All upholstery | > material sold in any upholstery shop that is to be used in marine or | > automotive applications has to meet federal fire-resistant standards. | > | > You can be perfectly legal in using any auto upholstery shop's material, | > or having them make your interior for you. They do a good job and it's | > just as safe. And lets face it- your upholstery is not going to catch | > fire- the header tank is. What I plan on installing is a small Halon fire | > extinguisher. | > | > | > Jan Z | > Fresno | | | | | | ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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