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to: HAL HANIG
from: JAY HANIG
date: 1997-09-08 22:06:00
subject: sprinklers

03 Sep 97 10:11, Hal Hanig wrote to Clay Boling:
 >>> You mentioned placing sprinklers in the cargo hold. Forgive me for
 >>> being slightyly aviation illiterate since i've had only Private Pilot
 >>> courses, but wouldn't this cause a weight problem when water is shifted
 >>> from one location to another causing an inbalance?
 HH> Seems to me that dealing with a weight imbalance would be much more
 HH> preferable than the alternative.  Or am I reading it wrong?
Somebody else earlier mentioned using compressed gas (such as carbon dioxide) 
extinguishers in the place of water.  It seems to me that nitrogen would also 
be a good extinguisher without having residual toxic effects.
Jay
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