Can I Use Dry Ice or Liquified Gases in the B310?
No. Dry ice (solid carbon dioxide), while much colder than ice, will sublimate to CO2 gas and displace air from the cockpit and cabin. This can lead to hypoxia (even anoxia), dizziness, discoordination, obtundation, coma, and death. This is true of any other liquefied gas except liquid air and liquid oxygen. Pure liquid oxygen (LOX) can cause oxygen toxicity and is an extreme fire hazard. While liquid air is the least harmful of all these, its extreme cold will probably cause the Pol-Air case to harden and shatter and the turbine fan to freeze. None of these choices are safe, nor are any approved for use in Pol-Air. The use of any of these constitutes an extreme hazard to pilot and passengers. Remember, crushed ice works great!!
