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I lost a very good friend a month ago. he had a inflight fire after takeoff and the plane flipped on landing and burned on the ground with him in it. Ever since i have been discussing with other fliers the possibilities of a fire suppression system in the engine room. I was contemplating a 4-5 lb fire extinguisher activatad by the pilot and leading to 2-3 spray heads around the engine. In case of fire you can shut the fuel pumps off, fuel valve off and master off. With the extinguisher running for few seconds, most likely the fire will not ignite again?
Buly
On Aug 22, 2005, at 12:01 PM, Ed Anderson wrote:
Glad to hear you found the problem, Bernie. I agree - after having two experiences with aircraft and fire, that one in the air is the last thing I want to even contemplate. I would be very interested in your thoughts/efforts regarding a firewall fire system. Just seems like a difficult thing to put a fire out with fuel/oil/fiberglass etc and all that air flowing through/under the cowling. Prevention is clearly the first line of defense.
Ed
----- Original Message ----- From: "WALTER B KERR" <jbker@juno.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 10:34 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Help, intermittent fuel leak ((Solved!!))
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