Originally Posted by
McGiver
Fires in cargo? Simple.
Is it? Ever dealt with an onboard fire?
What class of compartment? Do you know how fires are handled presently?
Simple, you say?
Originally Posted by
McGiver
Create "bomb door" compartmentalized storage units each with it's own bay, and simply pull the lever.
At what weight gain for the aircraft? With what altitude and airspeed and configuration limitations?
With what changes to the center of gravity? Every kicked heavy loads off an aircraft in flight with massive weight and balance changes? I have. I do regularly. There are aircraft control issues among other things.
Originally Posted by
McGiver
With the main conflagration gone, it would also be simpler to address the incidences of crossover into adjacent units, as now there is working room. The technical issues would need to be ironed out. It would call for a redesign of new aircraft of course.
With separate fireproof compartments, aside from the aircraft complexity and weight gain for the doors and compartmentalization, each segment would require its own door, with considerable changes and weight gain to the structure, just to load the cargo. Very quickly, no need for cargo, because the weight that could have been carried is now structural...to what end?
You're aware that presently there are more than one cargo area, and depending on the class, have multiple means of addressing a fire including smoke routing, smoke detection, fire detection, fire suppression, depressurization, and other means of detecting and addressing a potential fire?