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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