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Forum: Engineers & Technicians

5th Jun 2015, 10:34

Replies: 121

Scavenging a crashed 777: for a book

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Posted By Genghis the Engineer

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Looks to me that the transponder control is the small box just above the blank panel near the bottom on the right hand...

Forum: Engineers & Technicians

4th Jun 2015, 20:12

Replies: 121

Scavenging a crashed 777: for a book

Views: 27,563

Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Basically yes. I don't know the specific...

Basically yes. I don't know the specific cockpit, but 7600 and enter on something on the central console.

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Forum: Engineers & Technicians

24th May 2015, 11:38

Replies: 121

Scavenging a crashed 777: for a book

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Posted By Genghis the Engineer

I don't know the 777 well enough, but it also...

I don't know the 777 well enough, but it also wouldn't take much ingenuity to create a decent bang out of any magnesium alloy castings?

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Forum: Engineers & Technicians

24th May 2015, 07:13

Replies: 121

Scavenging a crashed 777: for a book

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Posted By Genghis the Engineer

I still find the crossbow an odd choice of...

I still find the crossbow an odd choice of weapon. A longbow is much easier to make if there's access to appropriate woods. and with some good training, more effective on every level (greater range,...

Forum: Engineers & Technicians

23rd May 2015, 22:41

Replies: 121

Scavenging a crashed 777: for a book

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Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Ah, weapons, hobby interest ! A crossbow is...

Ah, weapons, hobby interest !

A crossbow is a reasonably precise bit of machinery, needing reasonable manufacturing precision as well as storing enough energy to take your fingers off it if fails...

Forum: Engineers & Technicians

22nd Sep 2014, 17:59

Replies: 121

Scavenging a crashed 777: for a book

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Posted By Genghis the Engineer

Although making your own steam boiler is an easy...

Although making your own steam boiler is an easy way to blow yourself up. There's a lot of energy in pressurised steam and making a strong enough boiler is very difficult. That may be a plot device...

Forum: Engineers & Technicians

21st Sep 2014, 07:31

Replies: 121

Scavenging a crashed 777: for a book

Views: 27,563

Posted By Genghis the Engineer

One axe in the cockpit, a second in the most...

One axe in the cockpit, a second in the most rearward galley.

Also if you're interested, 2 megaphones, 4 hand fire extinguishers: probably 2 halon, 2 water. There should be a well equipped first...

Forum: Engineers & Technicians

20th Sep 2014, 20:23

Replies: 121

Scavenging a crashed 777: for a book

Views: 27,563

Posted By Genghis the Engineer

It would take a lot of skill, and quite a few...

It would take a lot of skill, and quite a few tools, to extract an APU from a ditched aircraft and get it into a runnable state, with the rest of the aeroplane fully or partly emersed in salt water....

Forum: Engineers & Technicians

17th Sep 2014, 22:27

Replies: 121

Scavenging a crashed 777: for a book

Views: 27,563

Posted By Genghis the Engineer

There are variants of emergency radio which do...

There are variants of emergency radio which do have built in microphones and allow voice on 121.5. The use of the option is not encouraged, as it eats battery life. Some variants of 777 may have...

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