Which car did these cockpit air vents come off?
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Fiesta?
Fiesta?
Edited by andymadmak on Wednesday 30th June 15:31
davidjpowell said:
I'm betting that they cost 10 x what the car manufacturer paid for them!
Not including the cost of coffee and sandwiches run up by the Purchasing Sub-Committee (Air Vents) Team during the course of 37 meetings held over eight years, after which the chosen vent was obsolete...Ginetta G15 Girl said:
Just as a matter of interest (and something I always find faintly amusing), the RAF doesn't call them 'air vents', but 'Punkah Louvres'.
We Riggers call a Punkah Louvre a Punkah Louvre, the rest are body sprays, face sprays, air vents or leaks. Edited by Ginetta G15 Girl on Wednesday 30th June 16:00
A Punkah Lourve
DieselGriff said:
According to my Griff they are MK3 Cavalier vents.
I can see a massive opportunity for Leven Technology here.The Saudis in particular will appreciate some high quality kickplates for the Typhoons, as well as the vent replacements.
Not so sure some of the other TVR after-market specialists have quite as much potential for breaking into the Eurofighter enhancement business though - the Typhoon has a quite splendid dual sports exhaust fitted as standard.
eharding said:
DieselGriff said:
According to my Griff they are MK3 Cavalier vents.
I can see a massive opportunity for Leven Technology here.The Saudis in particular will appreciate some high quality kickplates for the Typhoons, as well as the vent replacements.
Not so sure some of the other TVR after-market specialists have quite as much potential for breaking into the Eurofighter enhancement business though - the Typhoon has a quite splendid dual sports exhaust fitted as standard.
perdu said:
You'd think a guy/guyess in full Gsuit, extra modern full face bonedome and visors wouldn't get a lot of use from these vents
whatever they calls 'em
must be for warm air mustn't they GG, not too warm oop there wherever you fly
Sit on the end of a runway on a summers day or somewhere nice warm and sandy with the canopy shut in a g suit etc, I'll ask you later if you want warm or cold air. It's environmental control, so ideally it'll provide air at a suitable temperature to allow comfortable operation of the aircraft whatever they calls 'em
must be for warm air mustn't they GG, not too warm oop there wherever you fly
perdu said:
You'd think a guy/guyess in full Gsuit, extra modern full face bonedome and visors wouldn't get a lot of use from these vents
whatever they calls 'em
Might only be available on the tandem trainers...so the pilot (after some antics) can smell what the passenger had for lunch whatever they calls 'em
Bosshogg76 said:
perdu said:
You'd think a guy/guyess in full Gsuit, extra modern full face bonedome and visors wouldn't get a lot of use from these vents
whatever they calls 'em
must be for warm air mustn't they GG, not too warm oop there wherever you fly
Sit on the end of a runway on a summers day or somewhere nice warm and sandy with the canopy shut in a g suit etc, I'll ask you later if you want warm or cold air. It's environmental control, so ideally it'll provide air at a suitable temperature to allow comfortable operation of the aircraft whatever they calls 'em
must be for warm air mustn't they GG, not too warm oop there wherever you fly
:tongueincheek: anyone
I did know that
Bosshogg76 said:
We Riggers call a Punkah Louvre a Punkah Louvre, the rest are body sprays, face sprays, air vents or leaks.
Strange that. Every type I have flown, with whatever sort of vent, has had them referred to as Punkah Louvres in the FRCs and Aircrew Manual. I guess the Engineers don’t write the aircrew documents. Bosshogg76 said:
perdu said:
You'd think a guy/guyess in full Gsuit, extra modern full face bonedome and visors wouldn't get a lot of use from these vents
whatever they calls 'em
must be for warm air mustn't they GG, not too warm oop there wherever you fly
Sit on the end of a runway on a summers day or somewhere nice warm and sandy with the canopy shut in a g suit etc, I'll ask you later if you want warm or cold air. It's environmental control, so ideally it'll provide air at a suitable temperature to allow comfortable operation of the aircraft whatever they calls 'em
must be for warm air mustn't they GG, not too warm oop there wherever you fly
Then get airborne, climb to 35,00ft (where it is –55 degrees C OAT) and you’ll want nice toasty warm air blowing at you.
Then descend to 15,000 ft and teach your 'Stude' combat turns for nearly an hour at high 'G' (and put up with his/her [understandably] crass handling). Finish off with half an hour's aeros (and put up with all that entails).
Land and pour about a pint or two of sweat out of your Goon Suit!
EFA I know you knew that Perdu, I'm just trying to illustrate the fact that Military Flying can be bloody uncomfortable at times!
And don't even get me started on AR5 (the Aircrew NBC assembly) - that's just a bloody nightmare!
Edited by Ginetta G15 Girl on Thursday 1st July 02:01
Ginetta G15 Girl said:
Not just summer days nor sandy places neither! Try sitting on the end of the runway at Valley in a Hawk (with an earnest 'Stude' in the front, and it's your second or third instructional trip of the day) in late Autumn when there is a good amount of sunlight, but when the Sea Temperature is below 15 degrees C. When you are not merely suited and booted in LSJ (lifejacket), PEC (Personal Equipment Connector), Helmet, O2 Mask, Leg Restraints, Gloves and ‘Turning Trousers’ (let alone a Flying Suit, roll neck jersey, long sleeved vest and long johns, oh and thick ‘terry-loop' socks) but a ‘Goon Suit’ as well (Immersion Survival Suit) and you to would want the air conditioning to be blowing ice cubes at you!
Then get airborne, climb to 35,00ft (where it is –55 degrees C OAT) and you’ll want nice toasty warm air blowing at you.
Then descend to 15,000 ft and teach your 'Stude' combat turns for nearly an hour at high 'G' (and put up with his/her [understandably] crass handling). Finish off with half an hour's aeros (and put up with all that entails).
Land and pour about a pint or two of sweat out of your Goon Suit!
EFA I know you knew that Perdu, I'm just trying to illustrate the fact that Military Flying can be bloody uncomfortable at times!
And don't even get me started on AR5 (the Aircrew NBC assembly) - that's just a bloody nightmare!
The great weakness of the Hawk ECS system, not man enough for full cold on the ground on a hot summers day! And no matter how many times the growbags are told, they still put it on full cold on a hot summers day, then wonder why they have to do a state2 with 'fumes in the cockpit' 2 minutes after takeoff!Then get airborne, climb to 35,00ft (where it is –55 degrees C OAT) and you’ll want nice toasty warm air blowing at you.
Then descend to 15,000 ft and teach your 'Stude' combat turns for nearly an hour at high 'G' (and put up with his/her [understandably] crass handling). Finish off with half an hour's aeros (and put up with all that entails).
Land and pour about a pint or two of sweat out of your Goon Suit!
EFA I know you knew that Perdu, I'm just trying to illustrate the fact that Military Flying can be bloody uncomfortable at times!
And don't even get me started on AR5 (the Aircrew NBC assembly) - that's just a bloody nightmare!
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