My flap slots are sealed too (TD gear).
Air rushes in through the NACA cockpit vents and the TP push rod/aileron torque
tube (below the seat).
I'd be interested in any theories about how all this air gets out again.
The tunnel seems obvious,but this is connected to the same area that's feeding
the aileron push rods!
Duncan McF.
On Monday, August 12, 2002 9:04 AM, Miles McCallum [SMTP:milesm@avnet.co.uk]
wrote:
> My solution (as yet untested) is:
> NASA duct in the cowling (side/front) feeding a SS cut-off in the firewall.
> this feeds 2 ex-citroen air sytem valve/directors, one centre of the pilot's
> sub panel, one in a housing under the shelf. The unknown (and yet to be
> solved is the outlets - don't want any protuberances on the fuselage, but
> I'm hoping a low(er) pressure area can be found near the tail to drag air
> through and out - there are no opening in the fwd fuselage at all: gear is
> TD, flaps slots are sealed.
>
> M
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