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Forum: Rumours & News
5th May 2014, 12:22
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,320,808
Posted By UNCTUOUS

How will analysis of the last search phase affect the next?

Porker1 said
and
Heathrow Flyer (quoting an independent Raytheon assessment of Inmarsat data) said:

This would tend to agree with the hypothesis that Ocean Shield's limited and non-continuous...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd May 2014, 17:59
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,320,808
Posted By UNCTUOUS

Creeper00 said: It's the nature of a...

Creeper00 said:


It's the nature of a flash fire and the characteristics of today's push-button environment. Push that button and things will change. Melt that button and things just won't. It's...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd May 2014, 16:21
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,320,808
Posted By UNCTUOUS

Oxygen Fed versus Lithium Ion - Different animals

If the favoured theory is fire being the cause of the MH370 disappearance, I'd tend towards a known quantity, the cockpit oxygen fire - rather than the Lithium Ion battery cargo-fire. From the SAA's...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Mar 2014, 17:52
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,320,808
Posted By UNCTUOUS

FMS Ground Test Set

Couple of questions for the cognoscenti among us:

a. If an FMS ground test set (such as the FMZ-2000 - used to replicate flight on the ground in a static aircraft) was plugged into the FMS in the...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Jan 2013, 01:42
Replies: 266
Views: 118,154
Posted By UNCTUOUS

HelderBerg (SAA 747 Combi downing in Indian Ocean)

"Helderberg crash IASA Lithium Fire"

Any aviation journalist who googles that will have a wealth of information on the first large aircraft downing due to Lithium Ion battery fires - so many...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Sep 2012, 09:37
Replies: 38
Views: 11,305
Posted By UNCTUOUS

Try to Grasp the Concept - it ain't "pilotless"

MSBbarratt said:

I think that you've perhaps missed the point. I took the trouble to read into RoboLander (upon which Boeing is basing this) - and the idea is to snatch the initiative away from...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Sep 2012, 05:01
Replies: 1,064
Views: 186,214
Posted By UNCTUOUS

Time for a bit of "In Your Face" Technology

When abstract and abstruse technology runs amok, it needs to be immediately apparent to a flight crew that anything (or everything?) in technoville is becoming unstuck.... or even just on its way...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Apr 2012, 10:05
Replies: 28
Views: 10,593
Posted By UNCTUOUS

Bit of a side issue, but....

Would anybody know whether a Service pension granted early on the grounds of invalidity in service (i.e. disability due wounds/injury) is taxable (or not)?

Just got a chitty from Pension...
Forum: Tech Log
28th May 2011, 15:30
Replies: 3,435
Views: 1,672,757
Posted By UNCTUOUS

Entering the Deep Stall at High Altitude - ballistically

I'm a little uncertain about this horizontal stabilizer position of 13 degs nose-up (from an initial 3 degrees prior to A/P and A/T disconnect). Is it a trim-wheel setting or does it refer to the...
Forum: Tech Log
19th Feb 2011, 13:19
Replies: 34
Views: 11,547
Posted By UNCTUOUS

DA42 Twin

Those Diamond twins were a bit lethal with any interruption of electrical power whatsoever.

That needs some debate and consideration. nIt's happened more than once.

Fate 1, FADEC 0: a dual...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Feb 2011, 13:03
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,542,093
Posted By UNCTUOUS

AF447 dissections

Three recent AF447 related articles worth reading. In relation to the third article, it should be noted that Ex-NTSB Chair Jim Hall has links to a deployable recorders firm - and is therefore...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Feb 2011, 09:27
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,542,093
Posted By UNCTUOUS

I quite like this approach to explaining AF447....

a Reasonable Interim Conclusion: see link below=

Significant Regulatory & Related Activity|Aviation Safety Journal (http://asj.nolan-law.com/2011/02/significant-regulatory-related-activity-17/)
....
Forum: Rotorheads
7th Jan 2011, 01:43
Replies: 1,701
Views: 472,794
Posted By UNCTUOUS

Criticism of the above ref'd Article's assertions......

re post and article at http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/204936-whats-latest-news-v22-osprey-44.html#post6163118
Grumpytroll says: (as endorsed by FH1100 Pilot)

Try to think "post-VRS aftermath...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Jan 2011, 16:29
Replies: 1,701
Views: 472,794
Posted By UNCTUOUS

The most likely facts surrounding the Afghanistan crash

are covered quite well in this article:

Another Tilt-Rotor Crash (http://www.tinyurl.com/2anurt6)

"Another Tilt-Rotor Crash - the Why"
Forum: Tech Log
6th Nov 2010, 03:41
Replies: 5
Views: 4,765
Posted By UNCTUOUS

iN A sIMILAR vEIN

Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Model 757 and 767 Airplanes
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Final rule; request for comments....
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
31st Oct 2010, 23:53
Replies: 35
Views: 5,494
Posted By UNCTUOUS

Hmm, just tried it. Looks promising......

Mike-Bracknell was also on-track towards a solution.

I've tried Start/MScfg and eliminated a lot of start-up memory-sucking parasitic "lodgers". That had also made a notable difference.

Killing...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
24th Oct 2010, 00:40
Replies: 35
Views: 5,494
Posted By UNCTUOUS

I'm unaware of any such Explorer shell...

I'm unaware of any such Explorer shell "extensions". For example I've not added any proprietary right-click "open-withs" and my preview for any jpg/gif/png graphics is bog standard "as she came".
...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
23rd Oct 2010, 17:03
Replies: 35
Views: 5,494
Posted By UNCTUOUS

You don't happen to have any mapped drives to the...

You don't happen to have any mapped drives to the Buffalo on each machine do you?

Yes and also Network Magic. But shutting them both down makes no difference.

All clean installations.
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
23rd Oct 2010, 15:17
Replies: 35
Views: 5,494
Posted By UNCTUOUS

What are the demands on the system/CPU while it's...

What are the demands on the system/CPU while it's thinking about working? Negligible increase.

Have you got a machine that is not affected? No I haven't. They're all similarly affected on WIN7.
...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
23rd Oct 2010, 00:54
Replies: 35
Views: 5,494
Posted By UNCTUOUS

No Identifiable Commonalities

Don't run Digital Vault and the software on each computer is different (except for different versions of the MS Office suite). ReadyBoost to a fast SD card has no effect (easily provable by...
Forum: Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting
22nd Oct 2010, 15:05
Replies: 35
Views: 5,494
Posted By UNCTUOUS

Windows 7 Explorer Failures - Unsolvable for the last 17 months now.

This one's been around for as long as Windows 7 has been (all variants and versions), The symptoms vary between long-lasting hour glasses and an Explorer screen vanish (being replaced by a pop-up...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Oct 2010, 11:50
Replies: 352
Views: 52,571
Posted By UNCTUOUS

Do we really expect to hear the outcome of this....

....let alone the true facts?
but we're open to Suggestions:

a. Crews weren't up-to-date on their cat checks

b. Weapons tight clearances hadn't been lifted by the Dutch ambassador to...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Aug 2010, 14:22
Replies: 352
Views: 52,571
Posted By UNCTUOUS

Perf Planning

.
Unfortunately the L13 engine in the Huey was prone to a very variable performance. No two aircraft would have a definable or consistent performance for a reason I'll explain below - so unlike ops...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Aug 2010, 12:31
Replies: 352
Views: 52,571
Posted By UNCTUOUS

You're missing the point

The big boogey-man on the block in Afghanistan may be the legendary Stinger but if they are indeed present (and not just a spectral and imagined threat), in that largish country they'd be very few...
Forum: Tech Log
18th Aug 2010, 23:56
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,542,093
Posted By UNCTUOUS

Relevant A330-200 AD

Several reports have recently been received of loose pneumatic quick-disconnect unions on Goodrich pitot probes P/N (part number) 0851HL. These may be the result of mis-torque of the affected unions...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
29th Jul 2010, 09:52
Replies: 28
Views: 10,510
Posted By UNCTUOUS

See details of the DFWA campaign for Fair Indexation

.

at this link (http://www.dfwa.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=42&Itemid=59)

It seems to be a participatory campaign.
.
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Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jul 2010, 09:50
Replies: 23
Views: 5,916
Posted By UNCTUOUS

See details of the DFWA campaign for Fair Indexation

at this link (http://www.dfwa.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=42&Itemid=59)
.
It seems to be a participatory campaign.
.
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Forum: Tech Log
13th Jun 2010, 17:58
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,542,093
Posted By UNCTUOUS

Hopefully, some clarifications.....

If, over a 6 minute period (say), the average of the undetected CAS speed increase was 5 knots, it would only make a half-mile extra distance gained along track. As the pitot became increasingly...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Jun 2010, 07:36
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,542,093
Posted By UNCTUOUS

The following linked input (for the same author)...

The following linked input (for the same author) may answer that:
.................link (http://www.iasa-intl.com/folders/belfast/AF447/AFOct09response.htm)

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One of three likely events...
Forum: Tech Log
11th Jun 2010, 16:18
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,542,093
Posted By UNCTUOUS

DECONSTRUCTING the BBC Treatment in the Search for alternative explanations

To assist an author looking at the entire vista of AF447 plausible scenarios, I've deconstructed the BBC transcript to as much as possible offer one alternative explanation.
.
The first file is the...
Forum: Tech Log
25th May 2010, 12:27
Replies: 5
Views: 1,070
Posted By UNCTUOUS

Bird Deterrence Covered here......

.
Hudson River Landing Not Really a Ditching?|Aviation Safety Journal (http://asj.nolan-law.com/2010/05/hudson-river-landing-not-really-a-ditching/)
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probable cause solutions (para 15)
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Forum: Tech Log
25th May 2010, 12:07
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,542,093
Posted By UNCTUOUS

About time for the World's regulators to Start Thinking about this Type Measure

STAR NAVIGATION INTRODUCES THE WORLD'S FIRST REAL-TIME IN FLIGHT SAFETY MONITORING SYSTEM AND THE IDEAL COUNTERPART TO THE "BLACK BOX"


Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd., a recognized leader in...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th May 2010, 05:05
Replies: 1,543
Views: 856,823
Posted By UNCTUOUS

Similar CFITS (and a factor that fits both recent final approach accidents)

From another forum:

*
For comparison, at the link below is a picture of the TU154 accident debris trail in which the Polish president died a short while ago.
Also apparently a CFIT during...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th May 2010, 01:25
Replies: 439
Views: 305,358
Posted By UNCTUOUS

The Continuing Serial Killer

Pilots then get busy with something else and aren't monitoring the attitude UNTIL g forces alert them to the developing Unusual Attitude. It's then too late.
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"TOO LATE? Why?" Pilots looking up...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th May 2010, 18:35
Replies: 1,543
Views: 856,823
Posted By UNCTUOUS

That Upslope Factor - a Precedent

If they banged a wing-tip trying to line up on the centre-line,*they'd have instantly*known about it and cobbed the power to TOGA. However all that would have done was guarantee the cataclysmic...
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