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7th Jun 2009, 17:22

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FE Hoppy

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Anyone know how much CO2 would be required as an ETOPS 180 suppressant in say a 330? given that with halon you need to keep 3% volume I guess with CO2 you would need 30% volume. That's a lot of extinguishant and a lot of fuel burn to carry it.

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