Firewall insulation?

[n85ae]

It's probably the case that you don't need anything except to seal the feed
holes. Since if you have a serious fire in a Kitfox, you probably want a
parachute more than anything else ...

Jeff

[Av8r3400]

Excellent point, Jeff. All the extra weight of fittings, eyeballs and pass-throughs are a bit of a waste considering the cowl is fiberglass and its mated to a fiberglass boot cowl. This will all burn in the event of a fire.

An in-cowl fire means shut off the fuel and dive for the ground to get out asap.

[colospace]

This discussion has me once again considering use of a foam silicone tape (adhesive on one side only) to seal between the firewall and the boot cowl. Even though I can fold my panel down, being able to access from the top and sides would be super. Anyone have experience with using a foam tape on that interface?

[rv9ralph]

An in-cowl fire means shut off the fuel and dive for the ground to get out asap

True, but anything that adds seconds to the dive and dash protocol helps.

At my old airport base (KLVK,Livemore, CA) an A&P that build a 5151 Mustang had a inflight fire just after takeoff during testing. He did not make it to the ground in time, departed aircraft in flight and died in the fall.

Ralph