rocketbob
Well Known Member
I have two AFFF systems that were given to me by a friend. Back in the late 90's a gentleman I knew was actively developing these systems for aircraft use. Unfortunately he passed away from cancer before the product was marketed. He tested the system in a Pitts project and had actually set the airplane on fire to do a real world test. It worked.
This system was basically a rebranded SPA system shown here:
https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/productselection.asp?Product=2436
Rather than fighting the fire I'm thinking it may be more effective to point the nozzles at the wing area, particularly slightly forward of the fuel tanks by installing the nozzles in a recessed area on the sides of the fuselage. This way the fuel fire can be suppressed enough to allow escape.
The system is not very heavy but one drawback is that it cannot be allowed to freeze.
There would be a seperate system for firewall forward, probably a halon system. Thoughts?
This system was basically a rebranded SPA system shown here:
https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/productselection.asp?Product=2436
Rather than fighting the fire I'm thinking it may be more effective to point the nozzles at the wing area, particularly slightly forward of the fuel tanks by installing the nozzles in a recessed area on the sides of the fuselage. This way the fuel fire can be suppressed enough to allow escape.
The system is not very heavy but one drawback is that it cannot be allowed to freeze.
There would be a seperate system for firewall forward, probably a halon system. Thoughts?
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