>>Like write off the aircraft or the engine? The other problem with dry powder >>is that it coats the inside of the cockpit windows if used inside the >>cockpit, somewhat complicating your emergency. Use the Halon.
Nerve gas is a good capitalist weapon because it destroys the people, not the infrastructure, unlike nuclear weapons which destroy both. However, germs work just as well for terrorists/poverty stricken fighters and capitalists. If find myself wondering if the airline companies don't have a similar aim in mind when using fire extinguishers. Personally, I would not give a fig about corrosion if the end result was that I got to land the aircraft with me in one piece, pink and flexible rather than brown and crisp. That being said, the results for Halon look good compared with CO2. D On 12/01/2013, Mike Borgelt <[email protected]> wrote: > At 04:44 PM 12/01/2013, you wrote: >> >>I doubt they'd keep selling it if it wasn't >> capable of doing what it promises. >> >>You're not a sailor then… >> >>In the '79 Fastnet race, a number of people abandoned ship and took to >>their life rafts. They then found that almost all were incapable of >>doing what the manufacturers promised because the rafts had never been >>tested in anything outside a swimming pool. People died and the >>company when broke… in that order though. >> >>Both the Schleicher and DG gliders have a red LED fire warning light. >>Of course it is a plain old fashioned LED, certified when the glider >>was made and is almost invisible in sunlight. A modern super-bright >>white LED is visible but you probably can't fit one without an >>engineering order. > > > A modern RED superbright will work also. > Certified aircraft are those whose shortcomings > cannot be legally simply fixed without > unnecessary expense and delay. Alternatively, > when a part breaks you have to replace it with > another part just as likely to break. > You couldn't GIVE me a certified aircraft. > > Lots of fun being had with the Li-ion batteries > in the certified Boeing 787 currently. > > > > >>Halon appears to be a good choice but it appears that no more is being >>made. And that in confined spaces, it may have toxic by-products so if >>Halon gas is released in a confined space, occupants are advised to >>vacate the space until the fumes have dissipated. > > > The FAA looked at that and concluded the fire > byproducts were likely much more toxic than the > Halon byproducts - so put out the fire with the > Halon already! If the fire is in the engine you > really don't care and anyway that is most likely > a bit of OH&S bullshit and butt covering of a minor issue. > > >>A bit of corrosion on alu parts seems a small price to pay for having >>a fire put out. > > > Like write off the aircraft or the engine? The > other problem with dry powder is that it coats > the inside of the cockpit windows if used inside > the cockpit, somewhat complicating your emergency. Use the Halon. > > Mike > > > > > >>D >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Aus-soaring mailing list >>[email protected] >>To check or change subscription details, visit: >>http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > Borgelt Instruments - design & manufacture of > quality soaring instrumentation since 1978 > www.borgeltinstruments.com > tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784 > mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784 > P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
