ORIGINAL: bevar
Guys,
I have been wondering about this for a while and another thread has given me the urge to ask...
Can someone please explain the real toxic danger of Aeroshell 500 (and the like)?
I have to say, we:
Stand out in the sun all day long...(skin cancer)
Surround ourselves with dozens of running turbine engines...(Toxic exhaust fumes no matter what the oil)
Walk around the pits with a cigarette dangling from one's mouth asking for some safe turbine oil...(Smoking)
Planning for evening cigar parties and holding giant BBQ cookouts (lung and colon cancer) ETC ETC ETC
So...I have to ask...is this big hub bub about toxic oil kind of like the Global Warming craze...someone out there creating an issue so they can profit off of it? It seems to be like ordering a Diet Coke to go with a Big Mac and large fries...
Beave [8D]
I hear you Beave. There are dangers everywhere.
When I go to the field,..
I put a hat, sunnies and SF 30 on, if the sun is out. (The aussie sun can turn you into a prawn in 10 minutes flats.)
I stay up wind of any running engines.
I get really REALLY mean to anybody smoking a cigarette anywhere near me, ESPECIALLY in the pits.
And I stay as far away as possible from cigars. (Personally I hate the smell)..
I am partial to a juicy rare steak with a strip of crispy fat though… (But, as I’m over 50, my doctor and I have an intimate relationship, colon wise).
The “carcinogenetic” oil we use is probably at the lower risk of hazard at the flying field, but it is pretty easy to manage. All it takes is a little care when handling. Personally I am more concerned with the fuel and the stink it creates. My wife hates it..
Rog