Fire Extinguisher

[Bartman1959]

What fire extinguishers is everyone carrying in their planes?

[efwd]

After whoever it was showed us his burning Kitfox on the flightline I will be buying the expensive one. I like the small Halon ones, Chrome would be cool but I think just a red one will do.

[aviator79]

I have this one.

In the cockpit, Halon or equivalent clean agent is preferable. The one above is halotron, an 'environmentally acceptable replacement" for Halon.

[DesertFox4]

Brian, I don’t see a photo of your extinguisher.
I purchased the halon for in the cockpit also.

[aviator79]

It's an Amazon link. A little cheaper than the "aviation" one.

[bbs428]

Thanks for bringing this issue up.

I never thought about having a fire extinguisher but it makes good sense
to have one available vs not having one. Halotron is new to me.

Now where in the cabin to mount it?

[efwd]

Hey Steve, with regard to your not seeing Brian's post on the fire extinguisher. I notice that on one computer Brian's post has a blue colored link "this one" on post #3. I came home and got on my computer, read your post about not seeing the fire extinguisher. I went back to post number 3 and on my home computer I cant really make out the blue link. Try going back to post #3 and put your cursor on those words "this one". Bet it works for you then. I am finding that since the upgrade, there are colors that have become a bit difficult to make out. The other one I noticed right away, as others have noted as well, is the little envelope that is blue which indicates a post I have not opened. In the beginning I couldn't notice the slight color difference between posts I had read and the new ones. Somehow it is obvious to me now, I guess I have trained eyes now.

[Danzer1]

Hey Steve, with regard to your not seeing Brian's post on the fire extinguisher. I notice that on one computer Brian's post has a blue colored link "this one" on post #3. I came home and got on my computer, read your post about not seeing the fire extinguisher. I went back to post number 3 and on my home computer I cant really make out the blue link. Try going back to post #3 and put your cursor on those words "this one". Bet it works for you then. I am finding that since the upgrade, there are colors that have become a bit difficult to make out. The other one I noticed right away, as others have noted as well, is the little envelope that is blue which indicates a post I have not opened. In the beginning I couldn't notice the slight color difference between posts I had read and the new ones. Somehow it is obvious to me now, I guess I have trained eyes now.

I didn't catch that "this one" was a link either - thought he forgot to put it in. Maybe the color could be changed to something more distinct?

Greg

[PapuaPilot]

That looks like a possibility, but it's not Halon. I like that it is very compact and light weight. The price is also good compared to an aircraft Halon unit.

The downside seems to be that it actually works like a flare and has a fire burning for about a minute. Could it restart a fire? If you hold it wrong you may get burnt and drop it. You definitely will need to ventilate your cockpit immediately (open the doors).

They could be a great thing to have at your hangar.

Here is a good article about fire extinguishers for aircraft:
https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catal...ingarticle.pdf

[tracstarr]

Thanks! Good read.

The one I mention above does seem nice. I like the compactness and you can also get a rollbar mount. It's not officially approved in North America by the UL agency, so if you require "approved" extinguishers it doesn't look like this will work.

I decided to buy a few regardless. I've been meaning to replace existing ones in the house and work shop. I like that they don't expire. Most of the time I don't think about checking the ones around the house (and thus why i need to replace them anyway).