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Group: aus.aviation · Group Profile
Author: RT
Date: Aug 15, 2008 00:12

"GB" kickindanuts.threefiddy.com> wrote in message
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> Quite a bit, apparently. There are automagic systems, but those can
> be manually overridden as required. Pilots have control over cabin
> altitude (and, by implication, pressure differential). In both
> classic and NG types, there is a cabin altitude guage and a pressure
> differential guage, controls to set flight and landing cabin
> altitudes (note the placarded max pressure differential of .125PSI).

Say again? That's for t/o & landing only. See below.......
> Direct manual control of the outflow valve is alo available in
> both types.
>
> See <http://www.b737.org.uk/pressurisation.htm> for pictures and
> descriptions.

...where wot it says is:

Limitations
Max differential pressure:

Series Max Diff
1/200's 7.5psi
200Adv's 7.8psi
Classics 8.65psi
NG's 9.1psi

Max differential pressure for takeoff & landing: 0.125 psi

Max negative differential pressure: -0.1 psi
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