Phone starts smokin', it's going for a trip out the window ...
Sporty's has a solution.
https://www.sportys.com/laptop-fire-containment-bag.html
Keeping in mind that on commercial aircraft, we are trapped inside that aluminum tube with no place to go. Hence all the training and equipment and multiple helpers to handle the sudden onset of a Lithium device fire.
On my airline, we carry a bag up front for an Ipad and a really big one in back for a laptop or two. Once the item is successfully packaged up eek it's placed in a lav and locked off. Then we go to high flow on the packs and turn the recirc fans off to help keep from gassing everyone onboard.
If you're trying to do all this while flying your cozy little craft with one hand (the one without the fireman glove) and stuffing a burning phone into a bag, all the while trying not to breath too much gas from the fire, and then placing the bag carefully ... somewhere ... maybe under your seat, seems like a big ask.
Opening my canopy and hucking it out into space still seems like a good option!!
So how much effort are you putting into preventing those accidents? As much as you are shopping for fire bags? (BTW, I’ve played with burning stuff that doesn’t want to go out - it is definitely not easy, and you’ll probably be incapacitated before you get it in the bag…. Ever try to put out a road flare?)
Just saying….there is a lot of fertile ground for improvement in what we do….
Paul
You have a window...? and Can you open your canopy in flight?
... Non-deliberately I’ve been following the above list except charging while flying. I’m guilty of plugging in my iPad, phone and even headset batteries. ...
Aside: Your canopy won't move due to *lift* on the canopy, not downwash. If you ever need to close it in flight, slowing to stall speed alone will only raise the nose and increase the lift on the canopy. To unload it, you need to bunt.Can you open your canopy in flight? I don’t think I can on my RV6 slider - too much downwash on the aft end of the canopy. Maybe if I slowed to almost stall speed…….
Great point! Thanks for putting this into perspective. I was beginning to step in this rabbit hole.