Picture of 337 Rear Engine Fire

patrolpilot · #1 10-01-19, 03:46 PM

I do not know anything about the events that lead up to the condition pictured. The picture and parts are in a picture box hanging in the men's room at the McCampbell-Porter Airport (TFP) near Ingleside, TX. I know it has been there a while, not sure how long.

hharney · #2 10-01-19, 09:57 PM

C336, has the fan & shroud

patrolpilot · #3 10-02-19, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by hharney

C336, has the fan & shroud

I wasn't sure if the first year or so of the 337 had the fan and shroud.

Ed Coffman · #4 10-04-19, 09:14 PM

It is a 336.

Multimotor · #5 10-06-19, 11:10 AM

I sense an opportunity for someone to come up with a Bluetooth fire detection system.

No bulkhead penetration required, so it would be a simple installation. While particularly attractive for the rear engine on 336/337s, any small airplane could benefit from it.

patrolpilot · #6 10-07-19, 07:41 AM

There are bulkhead connections to get past the firewall. When I rebuilt my PA22/20 into my commute-mobile, I put in a stainless steel firewall and used pressure bulkhead plugs for everything to include the electrical. I had Electronic International engine instruments and used one of the available data points on a UGB16 as a firewall heat sensor. It worked well.

I would like to have Aviation's Enterprises Mirror System for Fire Detection, but at $1K for the mirrors, nope. I'll do something like I did before.