My Buddy in Newfoundland having a very bad day.

[dadsbee]

Kent that's what's left of a 6 cylinder, $60K engine, and a constant speed prop. You can see the engine mount, part of the firewall and the steel tubes going out each way are the wing struts. All that's left of a Maule M5, wheel skis, floats. The second picture shows what's left of his new sled...

 

[Islandkent]

I seen that Wayne. I knew it was a bird of some sort. Can see what left of the prop and I do believe the seats. Never clued into the sled until you said. Must of been a scorcher. The heat involved to do that. They sure are lucky it never took their home. Bad choice of words, but you know what I'm trying to say.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I take it that was attached to something that just melted away.

Ugh.

 

[davek]

any updates of your friend Wayne?

 

[dadsbee]

any updates of your friend Wayne?

Not really. He salvaged a few hand tools out of the tool chest, everything else is dust. Airplane had no insurance on it, dumb ***, and not sure about his sled, the side by side or any of the other stuff. His Son and Her two kids started a "no dignity' fund for them. Not sure how that is going. One thing that just rubs me the wrong way is a Go Fund Me....

 

[davek]

Do they know what truly started it?

 

[dadsbee]

Do they know what truly started it?

Based on soot and melted wall metal.. the sled. I had no real doubt about that from the start, as it's certainly not the first Bombardier sled to spontaneously combust !

 

[RemCharger]

I talked to my sled guy and he believed it would have come with a lead acid battery. But there was possibly fuel leak issues