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Or have cabin air intakes that are separate from the engines.
by FreeFull 11y ago
Or have cabin air intakes that are separate from the engines.
- PhantomGremlin 11y agoThe Boeing 787 Dreamliner does this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleed_air#Bleedless_aircraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleed_air#Bleedless_aircraft
- tlb 11y agoThey're part of the engines because the air has to be compressed and heated before going into the cabin (in flight, it's 1/3 of normal pressure and -40C outside) which, it turns out, the compressor turbine is perfectly suited for.