Kestrel Engineering Delivers Auto-Deflat-Aer Kits to Qantas

Kestrel Engineering is pleased to report that a completed delivery of 40 Auto-Deflat-Aer Kits (Part Number 320010-PT29) to Qantas Airways Engineering in Sydney, Australia.

The new kit is a development of the original adjustable kit recently supplied to Singapore Airlines. It is preset in the factory to allow aircraft wheel assemblies to be deflated from operating pressure to 2 Barg (29 PSIG) for the purpose of storage or transportation. The kit also incorporates a unique tamper resistant feature to prevent unauthorized adjustment in the field. 

The new kits will be based at Qantas’s home bases and also throughout the world. If you are operating in a major world airport there is every chance that a kit will be positioned there.

The kits are available to be preset to reduce operational wheel pressures up to 290 PSIG to any reduced pressure in the range 5 to 100 PSIG. The Qantas kits are standardized at 29 PSIG which is the pressure recommended by Airbus.  For example the equivalent pressure recommended by Boeing is 50 PSIG.

The kit can accommodate every wheel valve in the world and includes a special adapter for the A380 wheels.