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Bartrim, Todd wrote:

>	In my plane I have a 3/8" Al tube following the entire fuel
>system and ending in front of the turbo. It has a 1/8" hole every 3"
>facing the fuel systems. It is connected to a bulkhead fitting at the
>firewall with a hose leading from there back to the extinguisher mount.
>I removed the little plastic nozzle from the extinguisher and threaded
>in a swedglok fitting. The hose is threaded on finger tight, allowing
>quick removal of the hose in case of an in-cabin fire. I really don't
>know how well this would work for an engine fire as I don't really want
>to test it with dry chem, however in a real fire I couldn't give a rat's
>ass about any mess and would rather have the dry chem residual to
>hopefully prevent reignition.
>	This isn't the best system but it was free, lightweight and easy
>to implement, so has been in place since before first flight and while I
>hope to never have to test it, 
>

Todd, why not take a piece of aluminum tube, crimp the end to seal it.  
Run another piece down beside it like in your system with holes every 
few inches.  Fill the first tube with diesel (burns a little calmer), 
crack it and set it on fire.  See if the system will put the fire out.

Even worse than having no system is having one that you think will work, 
but only wastes valuable time when you really need it.

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