3D Printed Fire Extinguisher Mount

[JordanGrant]

I have to admit that crash survivability was not a criteria I had on my mind when I worked on this design. My main concern was improving the accessibility in flight or on the ground in the event of a sudden fire, because I've never been satisfied with accessibility with the previous location. I'm not worried about security in normal flight ops, including turbulence (it's held pretty tight), but the smart folks on this forum are right - I need a secondary way to secure it in the event of a crash, and I now have a target to meet or exceed (20Gs, or 50# of force). That seems to be a thing that is easily testable, and I have some ideas to turn over as I work on Version 2.0. I think it might be possible to get there with a 3D printed part, but if not, there are other solutions of course.

By the way, thank you for your thoughts and well executed by all of you. This is really how the "experimental" in aviation should work, right? One offers up a new idea for the collective to comment on, and then individuals respectfully and credibly point out flaws in the design so it can be improved or discarded on the merits. I'm quite proud to be part of such a positive community here at VAF (thanks, DR)!

Cheers,