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AIRCRAFT GENERAL
The CN-235 is a pressurized
twin-turboprop aircraft with a high cantilever wing and retractable tricycle
undercarriage.
The CN-235-is an aircraft
whose purpose is military transport on short and a medium range routes;
certified for day or night flights and in visual (VFR) or instrument (IFR)
flight conditions.
The aircraft is powered by
two General Electric CT7-9C turboprops which drive Hamilton Standard 14RF-21
four-blade reverse-pitch propellers.
1.1 INTERIOR
FURNISHINGS
1.1.1 Flight
Compartment
The Flight
compartment is furnished for two pilots, with the Pilot seat on the left-hand
side and the Copilot seat on the right-hand side. There is also a third seat
provided for an observer or third crew-member Flight Engineer to the rear of
the pedestal.
All the controls,
indicators, and instruments are arranged so that their access and visibility
are easy and quick for the crew.
The faces of the
instruments are black and the pointers and marking are white so as to be easily
visible in daylight without artificial light. The limits on the instruments are
red, the caution zones are yellow (amber), the normal operation zones are
green.
The flight
compartment has two windows which can be easily opened from the inside. These
allow a view of the rear fuselage and also provide an emergency exit for the
crew.
There
is an audio control panel, a jack box and an oxygen outlet for the third
crew-member/observer.
1.1.2 Passenger/Cargo
Compartment
The cargo
compartment can be fitted-out to suit the type of mission to be done. For this
it has a series of anchor-points distributed over its length where seats,
stretchers, a roller system, etc. can be attached.
The access to the
cargo compartment is through the side doors and through the ramp.
Next to the crew access door and at the rear
of the aircraft there are a series of controls and indicators for
communications, the connection of lights, to open the ramp, and to drop
paratroops.
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