flame arrestor

[goose18557]

what does a flame arrestor on a t-34 do. How do they work. What triggers them. Any information about them would be appreciated.

 

[PropStop]

it prevents gay people from flying the plane?

I'm not sure how it works but it's purpose is to prevent a flame from traveling up a fuel line into the fuel tank. Not entirely sure how a flame could travel up a fuel line that's packed full of fuel and no O2.

 

[KSUFLY]

Think of a drip torch. The pipe has a simple curl in the line to keep the air and fuel from mixing in the pipe and allowing the flame to travel up the pipe into the tank. I THINK a flame arrestor works in the same way...

 

[Malice 1]

Think of a drip torch. The pipe has a simple curl in the line to keep the air and fuel from mixing in the pipe and allowing the flame to travel up the pipe into the tank. I THINK a flame arrestor works in the same way...

I'm pretty sure your right. I've always wondered though: does it keep fire out, or keep it in?

 

[KSUFLY]

Typically a flame arrestor would keep fire out of an area and in another area. Goose, it's more of a mechanical thing and so nothing triggers it. It's always there and always ready to arrest the flame.

 

[goose18557]

thanks for the info.

 

[Single Seat]

How about, look it up.

 

[NavAir42]

I may be throwing a monkey wrench into this whole debate, but as my onwing in primary explained it to me: think shrink wrap. It's actually a plastic tube that when exposed to the heat of a flame shrinks down and cuts off fuel flow and doesn't allow a fire to progress farther up the fuel line. Not mechancial at all.

 

[othromas]

Go ask one of the maintainers. They'll tell you in two seconds.

 

[UGA]

it prevents gay people from flying the plane?

Sorry, I cracked up when I read that.

 

[MasterBates]

it prevents gay people from flying the plane?

Sorry, I cracked up when I read that.[/QUOTE]

I thought it was the gay cop from Reno 911.. Or would that be a FLAMING Arrestor?

 

[jamnww]

Go ask one of the maintainers. They'll tell you in two seconds.

Funny you should mention that...when I was in Primary I asked a maintainer how it worked and the first two didn't know...the third told me not to worry about it, and the forth finally told me. Unfortunately I don't remember the answer...

 

[winger]

It's a metal alloy that differs from the rest of the plumbing in that it is less durable, but when exposed to extreme temperature, will collapse to cut off flow.

 

[heynowlookout]

I may be throwing a monkey wrench into this whole debate, but as my onwing in primary explained it to me: think shrink wrap. It's actually a plastic tube that when exposed to the heat of a flame shrinks down and cuts off fuel flow and doesn't allow a fire to progress farther up the fuel line. Not mechancial at all.

Erroneous! Erroneous! Erroneous on both accounts. That was my onwing and you know it and the correct analogy was Shrinky Dinks not shrink wrap.

 

[NavAir42]

Erroneous! Erroneous! Erroneous on both accounts. That was my onwing and you know it and the correct analogy was Shrinky Dinks not shrink wrap.

Shrinky Dinks! That was it. I fall on my sword of unrighteousness for not having remembered that.