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Dan;
I am not advocating brominated
resins, was only trying point out that resin, basically whatever type (except
for the phenolic) will burn and there really isn't much significant difference
between how they burn. Greatest influence is how much is available (ratio
of combustible to non). The intumescent coating that I used doesn't seem
to have the 'blow off as dust' characteristic you described. Probably if
it was on the exterior in the wind stream some would be lost. If I get
that much air in the inside of my fuselage in the area of the avionics panel,
well I guess I will probably be wondering why I feel I am sitting on a high rise
balcony and be looking for a parachute instead of a fire extinguisher!
I do not advocate coating the
entire plane. Only the areas that I mentioned; namely the cabin area from
the instrument panel forward to and the fire wall, and then the firewall on the
engine side as well as the inside of the cowling.
I have used product from both
Avtec and NoFire, but prefer the NoFire product. I think if you were to
look at the product (NoFire) you would find that the expansion is probably
less than you expected; maybe 10 times.
Gary
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