KISS applies here. An interesting statistic I read in

another forum

during a

similar discussion...
More forced landings and damaged airplanes / people are

caused by false

indications of fire, than by fire itself. Nothing worse

than stuffing it

down in a rough field and flipping it over, just to find

out later that

there was nothing wrong.
John Slade

What you need is a light, a cheap video camera and cockpit

monitor.

Paul Lamar

The site has a bunch of itty bitty video cameras and related

stuff.  Maybe

it would help!
www.supercircuits.com/

What about some fiber optic cables to a point on the dash. It

SHOULD be dark

inside that cowling.
John Slade

        John that is a good idea. If it is dark under the
cowl, then the readout will not show anything.
When a fire starts then the end of the fibre optic
in the cockpit shows orange or red. BINGO time!
        Virg

 
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