NTSB Link for Taylorcraft Fire

[M Towsley]

Re: NTSB Link for Taylorcraft Fire

Halon is not a problem for aircraft. I believe the best prices were at Chief Aircraft.

Look here for some: http://www.chiefaircraft.com/salespe...esult/?q=halon

[waltermrich]

Re: NTSB Link for Taylorcraft Fire

Awsome

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: NTSB Link for Taylorcraft Fire

The "supposed" effect of Halon on Ozone was another of uncle Al's "Goregasms". Pure B.S. with no substance whatsoever. Same with Freon. He needed to take some basic physics and chemistry before he went out and destroyed another industry....again. My high school level classes were enough to see his mistakes.
Hank

[mike lutz]

Re: NTSB Link for Taylorcraft Fire

If I remember correctly,I think the reason halon was not to be used in aircraft was because when deployed,it took all the oxygen out of the air.(fact or not ????)

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: NTSB Link for Taylorcraft Fire

It doesn't "remove" the oxygen or take it out of the air, but like almost all extinguishers it does displace it. That is the way most systems work (like CO2). The good thing is fire dies immediately with removal of Oxygen, heat or fuel, you take a lot longer. Fires are put out one of three ways, drop the temperature, take away the Oxygen or mess up the fuel so it won't support the combustion process. Halon does all three. CO2 lowers temperature and takes away oxygen, water "mainly" drops temperature, but if you use enough it does all three.
Halon DOES NOT cause cancer, or "poison" you. It also does NOT destroy the ozone layer, nor does it cause cataracts. It DOES do a GREAT job of putting fires out. If you sit in a closed space filled with Halon it will kill you, just like if you sit in a closed space and fill it with CO2 or water. If you can find Halon hand held extinguishers and can afford them, USE THEM. They are great! After a cockpit fire is out, you might want to open the window.
Hank

Halon also does NOT leave a residue and doesn't damage materials or electronics.

[Robert Lees]

Re: NTSB Link for Taylorcraft Fire

Just watch dry powder extinguishers in a cockpit...you go from fire to no fire to IMC in one second flat, and it's not best to open a window immediately in case the fire starts up again.

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: NTSB Link for Taylorcraft Fire

Those PKP extinguishers also leave a power residue that will cause all kinds of corrosion and will completely destroy any electronics it gets on.
Hank