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From: "Marvin Kaye" <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Fire extinguishers
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I know it's not fire suppression, but on that Eagle-540-powered Lancair IVP 
I've been working on, I installed a string of 368*f thermal fuses around the 
upper perimeter of the firewall, on which the opening of any one of them 
triggers a master annunciator alarm advising us of excessive under-cowl temps 
that could only be associated with a fire.  Should the alarm go off in flight 
it would dictate declaring an emergency, shutting off the fuel to the engine 
and making an immediate landing.  Like I said, it's not suppression but it's 
better than doing nothing about the issue.  FWIW

     <Marv>