Frog airplanes. Can you really trust them?...
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I agree ****y gauges on the xxxx that don't work half the time
also they glide like a crowbar.
also they glide like a crowbar.
My only French experience was the Nord 262, and that was a very good introduction to multi-crew flying and systems more sophisticated than the mechanical flaps of the PA28s, or electric flaps of the 100 series Cessnas.
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Did'nt a MAS 777 have a similar incident to the recent QF330 over WA ?
Most if not all Airbus ( FBW ) accidents have been finger/operator trouble including the 1st one that mashed into the forrest.
Airbus golden rule number 1 : If in doubt disconnect the autopilot and autothrust, it will fly like a normal aeroplane ( inc moving thrust levers for the paranoid ones out there ), it just won't let you stall or get slow or over bank or over pitch.
Having flown the NG and the Airbus I can say one thing, Boeing have a damn cheek calling that thing an " NG ", there aint much new about it
Most if not all Airbus ( FBW ) accidents have been finger/operator trouble including the 1st one that mashed into the forrest.
Airbus golden rule number 1 : If in doubt disconnect the autopilot and autothrust, it will fly like a normal aeroplane ( inc moving thrust levers for the paranoid ones out there ), it just won't let you stall or get slow or over bank or over pitch.
Having flown the NG and the Airbus I can say one thing, Boeing have a damn cheek calling that thing an " NG ", there aint much new about it
Frog aircraft? The Tobago leaks through the Gull Wing door seals and the POH is always soggy as a result.
Then there are those tiny bar type gauges that you have to tap to get any reaction.......
And the overly sensitive elevator.
Then there are those tiny bar type gauges that you have to tap to get any reaction.......
And the overly sensitive elevator.
That's not a Frog aircraft. This is a Frog aircraft.
It's actually a TG Mk 2 towed target built by International Model Aircraft who also made the Frog range of model kits. It flys by virtue of the latest HBW technology - Hangs By Wire.
It's actually a TG Mk 2 towed target built by International Model Aircraft who also made the Frog range of model kits. It flys by virtue of the latest HBW technology - Hangs By Wire.
I for one feel a little hesitation about flying in a 737 due to the as yet unexplained rash of rudder hard overs
Boeing 737 Rudder Design Defect, Airline Safety, 737 crashes, rudder PCU, 737 Colorado Springs crash, US Air 737 crash
If I'm not flying it, I'm scared of it!
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The tone of most of the statements on this thread suggest to me that what most of you are saying is... "It's french so therefore I don't trust it".
What a ridiculous argument.
Remember that there have been plenty of rubbish aeroplanes that have come out of the USA, but does that make all US aircraft equally poor quality?
Airbus have been running civil FBW aircraft without incident for longer than many of you people have been alive.
It's P Prune not Prune. Though recently I startedt to wonder about that.
Edit to add:
I'd also like to stress what someone said earlier. Airbus is equally German. Bear in mind that most people tend to have a very biased perception of French engineering to German engineering.
What a ridiculous argument.
Remember that there have been plenty of rubbish aeroplanes that have come out of the USA, but does that make all US aircraft equally poor quality?
Airbus have been running civil FBW aircraft without incident for longer than many of you people have been alive.
It's P Prune not Prune. Though recently I startedt to wonder about that.
Edit to add:
I'd also like to stress what someone said earlier. Airbus is equally German. Bear in mind that most people tend to have a very biased perception of French engineering to German engineering.
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Thanks for clarifying that Nick.
I guess we all forgot that extra "P" for Professional. How terribly unprofessional of us!
I'll be sure to go extra hard on myself
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I guess we all forgot that extra "P" for Professional. How terribly unprofessional of us!
I'll be sure to go extra hard on myself
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