May 23rd 08, 05:56 AM
posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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I give up, after many, many years!
"Ken S. Tucker" wrote in
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On May 20, 6:26 pm, wrote:
On May 20, 12:16 pm, "Ken S. Tucker" wrote:
Good grief. The compass has a diaphragm to take care of
expansion and contraction, and its fluid is just a solvent that
has a low freeze point. Even plain old gasoline has a low freeze
point.
Mr. Potato Head, we don't put a big blob of flammable
material in a cock-pit, your sci-phy-math-chem education
is a functional Gr.10.
Compass fluid is a petroleum product and is flammable. Its
MSDS
says it's odorless mineral spirits, which would make it similar to
household paint thinner:
http://www.setonresourcecenter.com/m...4/wcd00445.htm
Anti-freeze. (glycol)
Ken
obviously your favorite tipple.
Bertie
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