The Europa office in the U.S. was curious if my landing gear fairing
affected the air flow so I did the same non-scientific test. The air is
sucked out of the gear lever slot even with extra air outflow vents added to
the baggage bulkhead - and the landing gear fairing.
Also the extra eyeball vents added to the dash are really nice - even up
here in the land of the forgotton sun.
Bob Jacobsen
(Seattle) A131
From: BRYNALL@aol.com
>Subject: Cockpit ventilation
>Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 15:42:27 EDT
>
> Further to our recent correspondence on cockpit vents, I did some
>tests
>today whilst out playing with my toy.
>
> I can now positively confirm that my vented air is vacuumed out
>through
>the flap lever slot, and quite powerfully at that. So much so that when I
>stuck a flight plan page over the slot, the air through the side vents
>really
>dropped.
>
> This seems to be good news to me because it means that engine gases
>are
>more likely to be removed from the cockpit through the wheel well than they
>are to be introduced that way.
>
> The other thought for those eager to get even more air flowing, is for
>them to have an adjustable louvre to the wheel well.
>
> Happy europing...........Bryan Allsop....BYSA...360XS
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