- Author
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deRouville, M.
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Jones, R. B.
- Title
- U.S. Army Aircraft In-Flight Fire Detection and Automatic Suppression Systems. Final Report.
- Coporate
- Walter Kidde and Co., Inc., Belleville, NJ
- Sponsor
- U.S. Army Air Mobility R&D Laboratory, Fort Eustis, VA
- Report
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USAAMRDL TR 72-27
July 1972
105 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- DAAJ02-70-C-0056
- Keywords
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fire detection
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fire suppression
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helicopters
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compartment fires
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fire detectors
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fire extinguishers
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fire detection systems
- Identifiers
- automatic fire detection and suppression system; investigation of in-flight fire incidents; survey of fire detectors; survey of methods of containment, extinguishment and suppression; development of system concepts and selection of methods of suppression
- Abstract
- In-flight fire reports at U.S. Army Material System Analysis Agency (combat) and U.S.Army Agency for Aviation Safety (noncombat) for UH-1, AH-1 and CH-47 helicopters were studied to determine the cause and location of helicopter compartment fires. Two Army helicopter operating bases were visited for firsthand information. The in-flight fires were divided into groups, and from the number of incidents in each group, a priority was established to secure the most effective results toward development of automatic suppression systems.