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Old 23rd June 2012 | 12:38
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24Carrot
 
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I would agree with Backpacker on this one - it is complicated.

Your non-airtight cabin will have airways to the outside.

If they are predominantly forward-facing, (like the front of a pitot tube), you would expect the cabin pressure to be above atmospheric.

If they are predominantly sideways-facing, (like a static port), you would expect atmospheric pressure.

If they are predominantly backwards-facing, you would expect sub-atmospheric pressure.

In reality the flows will be rather complicated, so forwards and backwards will be hard to define, but already we can see there won't be any simple rule.
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