Blazecut ??
Hi All,
After seeing an incident where a local pilot stalled, crashed and was stuck inside his airplane while it was on fire... Poor guy escaped finally with 60 percent burns and survived after a year in hospital. Fire and how to deal with it has always been on my mind when I am flying.
In my last airplane, I fitted 2 units called Blazecut.
These are automatic fire suppression units that contain pressurised Halon. Halon being the best fire extinguisher there is. Also it is non toxic and safe to breathe, colourless and odourless so doesn't stain, non conductive and non corrosive like powders, and not cold like CO2 so it doesn't shock or freeze your electrics and avionics.
They are slim long plastic tubes with the liquid in, and I mounted one inside the cowling and one inside the passenger compartment for automatic activation in case of a fire while parked. I also fitted activation switches on my console for them, a simple wire leading to the unit connected to a small wrap of high temp fuse or cutting wire around the plastic pipe, so if I wanted to active one, I could just flick a switch and it would burst open and release the halon. Parked in the sun for hours on hot sunny days and never had any issues with the system.
I am going to install the same system in my RV10, if ever there is a fire, I want to be able to put it out with the flick of a switch and then not have to discard my airplane because the extinguisher has ruined it
Best
Amer