Q. Canadian Homebuilt: Fire Extinguishers - Halon

There are a few Aqueous Fire Fighting Foams (AFFF not sure if that is a
recognized acronym or just Sales Hype)systems out there now to replace
Halon in Auto Racing applications, has anyones heard whether one of
these might be a viable alternative?

No. Race cars are one thing. You expect to be able to get out of
them quickly. Aircraft are confined spaces that you need to habitate
in for maybe another ten minutes or so to land the thing.

Ron Natalie wrote:


There are a few Aqueous Fire Fighting Foams (AFFF not sure if that is
a recognized acronym or just Sales Hype)systems out there now to
replace Halon in Auto Racing applications, has anyones heard whether
one of these might be a viable alternative?


No. Race cars are one thing. You expect to be able to get out of
them quickly. Aircraft are confined spaces that you need to habitate
in for maybe another ten minutes or so to land the thing.

True, but you pilot types tend to keep the fuel out of the compartment
you sit in. In our case the order of "flight" is, Driver/Fuel/Engine
with not much more space between them than it took to type it. The
differences between racing and flying are many but it is still possible
to learn from each other.

This has been quite informative for me anyway, thanks to all.

Mike Butler