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Closing down BOTH engines to flight idle might be the right thing to do - but would FEEL very wrong. Descending at night through a Cb without any clear Airspeed...I know that my Penetration speed should be between 240 and 260 kts, but how can I tell... I must try to keep my wings fairly level if I can...
Yes, descending into a cell is something we are taught not to do in early metro classes.
GerardC: You make some excellent crew points in re "age" not being the end all be all of who is a better choice to have the deck and the con. In regards the assignment of roles and responsibilities, if the Captain tells one pilot "you are in charge" that does not change what sound CRM principles call for. But yes, there is potential for CRM problems.
http://www.pprune.org/tech-log/45687...ml#post6621097
0210:16, speeds could have been coherent again for a very short time and FDs were back, disapearing almost immediately.
If you are flying the FD, rather than the attitude indicator (is it either or, or is it a blended scan?) that might cause problems if it appears and disappears intermittently.
safetypee: Amen
http://www.pprune.org/tech-log/45687...ml#post6621211
Altitude is "indicated altitude", as well as speeds, and UAS is causing a loss of "indicated" altitude (but ISIS is barely not affected, about 100 ft). It is obvious when you compare pitch vs V/S curves and altitude altogether: the former increased but altitude indicated change is delayed by 10-15 seconds.
But ISIS doesn't talk to Prims -- am I right about that?