An inflatable slide for evacuating an aircraft quickly.
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Aircraft Emergency Evacuation slide inflation system: Why is a mixture of CO2 & N2 used instead of pure N2?
I was intrigued knowing from this SE-Aviation post that modern, aircraft Emergency Evacuation-Slide inflation-cylinders are often filled with a CO2+N2 mixture.
See here:
Which gas is used to fill the evacuation slides of modern…
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Making a plane fit to fly after accidental emergency exit / slide deployment
Every so often there is a report of a person openening an ( armed ) emergency exit unauthorised on the ground leading to a slide deployment.
Often this is followed by the flight leaving after deplaning / arresting the person involved but with ( say)…
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If pure N2 (not gas generator) is used for evacuation slides, why is CO2 still needed?
In the answers to Aircraft Emergency Evacuation slide inflation system: Why is a mixture of CO2 & N2 used instead of pure N2?, it's mentioned that the nitrogen comes from a gas generator.
Yet the bottles I'm familiar with are labeled as "55% of N2…
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