AUS AVIATION 33 RE WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
From: Ben Matthes (b--.--..-.--@no-spam)
Subject: Re: What Really Happened
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 19:04:50 +1000


On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 21:41:46 +1000, "ross" <catross69@no-spam>
wrote:

G'dall all,

another question on this topic, smoke from the MLG brakes - would it enter the aircrafts airconditioning system?

Are the "inlets" on the bottom of the fusealge air intakes for the air conditioning? (or does all the air come of the engines?)
And would the outflow valve be fully open when on the ground? (in my theory that would make ariflow through the cabin higher if aircon was running / pushing outside air into the cabin)

I imagine there must be some air exchange happening at some point,
otherwise the cabin air would get very stale and smelly in normal operations, (given that outflow valves is close to closed during the cruise) and having one or two aircraft doors open during turnaround doesn't seem to be sufficient to promote fresh air entering the cabin.

any ideas?

TIA Ben :-)

Ben Matthes. Canberra, Australia. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aircraft Manager, Canberra Aero Club.
http://www.canberra-aeroclub.com.au/