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> you now need to heat the cabin manually, rather than reusing the ICE heat. Interestingly, the Boeing 787 has already dispensed with bleed air. It uses compr
by ericbarrett 3y ago
> you now need to heat the cabin manually, rather than reusing the ICE heat.
Interestingly, the Boeing 787 has already dispensed with bleed air. It uses compressors for heat and electric pumps for hydraulics.
- someweirdperson 3y agoThat's probably less of an efficiency concern, but more likely to avoid future legal cost for supplying contaminated air to the cabin. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerotoxic_syndrome https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerotoxic_syndrome