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nicos7358


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 Posted On: 21/01/2010  At: 10:14:17
has anyone any experience of fires with a petrol(unleaded) powered plane, after a crash or anywhere.

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 Posted On: 21/01/2010  At: 11:37:37 | Reply Link
Hi.. I have several petrol planes and never had any fire issue's... never crashed them either though. I have seen a few petrol planes crashed and all without any fire. Now jets.. . . thats a different story.

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 Posted On: 21/01/2010  At: 13:20:05 | Reply Link
Nope, I've never seen or heard of a petrol powered plane catch fire.

As Steve says Jets, we have heard of... these can catch fire on start up!

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nicos7358


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 Posted On: 21/01/2010  At: 13:24:34 | Reply Link
Ok thanks, i'm trying to get a general concesus and reports of any actual incidents as my club has banned petrol and one of the main arguments was fire along with noise.

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 Posted On: 21/01/2010  At: 18:11:18 | Reply Link
It could also be worries about refueling incidents too, not just crashes?

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1958steveflying




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 Posted On: 21/01/2010  At: 20:48:45 | Reply Link
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It could also be worries about refueling incidents too, not just crashes?


Glofuel is far more flammable than petrol and i have not heard of any incidents with either.... other than someone throwing a drop of glofuel out of a nearly empty (luckily) gallon bottle onto a lit log bbq.

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 Posted On: 21/01/2010  At: 21:21:37 | Reply Link
I fly petrol, never had an incident, and I am well prepared if one occurs, there is some paranoia within clubs with petrol models,I have seen a few fires with Methanol fuel both in models and flight boxes.

The noise issue needs to be 're-calibrated' I have seen/heard 50cc petrol models...although louder than a .60 model, but the .60 model's exhaust note is far more 'irritating' than the lower 'louder' note petrol model........just my 2ps worth........

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BALSA BENDER




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 Posted On: 06/03/2010  At: 09:19:38 | Reply Link
BEEN FLYING PETROL FOR A WHILE NO ISSUES BUT ALWAYS CARRY A SMALL FIRE EXTINGUISHER,

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