Christiaan: yes, about MAD not being useful in this case, I was trying to explain why. Size of metal/iron object not big enough, nor speed of search vehicle, nor slant range within parameters. Because of how MAD works, or doesn't, this scenario is not MAD suitable for detecting desired object: engines.
Gentlemen, please forgive an old pilot ... I am unclear on the AH/AI/Attitude Gyro equipment on the A330.
First off, I understand it is part of the usual glass cockpit, not the old ball in a box I first flew with back when dirt was new ... thanks for the laser ring gyro point.
When flying the A330 in standard configuration, does the flying pilot normally have on his display the pitch and bank indications that an attitude gyro/artificial horizon usually provide in aircraft as I was used to? I would assume "yes," and be surprised if the answer is "no."
I was led to believe, though I may have read incorrectly, that there was no AH either selected (or even equipped ??? makes no sense now) in the A330 model being flown by Air France flight 447.
If I have misunderstood, please help me.
I think I understand one estimate being that AH was for X time unreliable, but I do not grasp what in the ACARS pointed to that estimate or conclusion.
Thanks for any enlightenment you can shed. Perhaps the acronyms, and my unfamiliarity with them, hold the answers that are right in front of my face.
Last edited by Lonewolf_50; 18th June 2010 at 14:56.