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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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