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Forum: Rumours & News
25th May 2016, 17:58
Replies: 93
Views: 122,627
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

Colour me cynical, but when I see pieces like...

Colour me cynical, but when I see pieces like these I often wonder if someone in the Ukraine hasn't got themselves a nice little business crating up pieces of MH17 and shipping them to places looking...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Nov 2015, 09:50
Replies: 220
Views: 129,503
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

I'm sure Turkey say the missile was fired while...

I'm sure Turkey say the missile was fired while the Su was in their airspace but it does seem a bit "Tony Martin".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Martin_%28farmer%29
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Nov 2015, 21:31
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

And would you not actively seek to leave a trace...

And would you not actively seek to leave a trace to show you did it?
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Nov 2015, 21:20
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

I take your point re this. As I'm seeing it up to...

I take your point re this. As I'm seeing it up to now, the HS goes down, the lower edge of the HS pivot attaching lug striking the connecting pin/bolt/casting which connects the two halves of the...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Nov 2015, 15:47
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

Looking back at photos of the Hudson plane, it's...

Looking back at photos of the Hudson plane, it's possible to see pins connecting the two plates of the HS pivot hanger above and below. So once the HS goes down beyond a certain angle, the bottom...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Nov 2015, 15:03
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

'Pinions' - that's the word I was looking for.

'Pinions' - that's the word I was looking for.
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Nov 2015, 15:02
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

The lower end of the HS pivot mounting let go on...

The lower end of the HS pivot mounting let go on both sides and swang backward on the top attachment, breaking the frame of the separation ring and prising the APU cone away at the bottom?
...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Nov 2015, 14:43
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

Good one Kulverstukas - that's exactly what I've...

Good one Kulverstukas - that's exactly what I've just been looking at. I'm guessing the 'slots' in the tail cone separation ring(?) are where the lug of the HS centre projects out behind the pivot...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Nov 2015, 10:14
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

Thanks to Sardak for the Hudson plane photo -...

Thanks to Sardak for the Hudson plane photo - very helpful in clarifying how the HS sits inside & illustrates what some are saying about how the HS movement should be limited by the beam below.
...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Nov 2015, 09:57
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

Picking up on previous posts by Sardak, FDMII &...

Picking up on previous posts by Sardak, FDMII & DeRated...

Left and right HS pivot mounts? If so, then as noted previously left side appears broken off at the top, right side appears to be...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Nov 2015, 20:34
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

More so than I realised - this is what threw me...

More so than I realised - this is what threw me (I won't embed the pic because it's 1300px wide):

http://www.fineksaviation.com/images/HHMPI%20with%20all%20FDR.jpg

Second from left is a CVR,...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Nov 2015, 19:29
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

Yup, with you - my mistake. I expected the FDR to...

Yup, with you - my mistake. I expected the FDR to be a box+cylinder & the CVR to be box+drum - I guess it's all in the length. Looks like FDR on top from Kulverstuka's photo at 996. Thus:
...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Nov 2015, 16:28
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

I'm thinking in terms of a sudden violent event -...

I'm thinking in terms of a sudden violent event - such that the inertia to be overcome in pitching the nose up would create enormous tension at the top of the cabin.

In terms of the flight...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Nov 2015, 15:51
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

@CONSO

Is that not the cvr the chap in hi-vis is holding? Sat on the bottom tray as best I can figure from Kulverstuka's photo. Back end bent down by something large & very close behind it hitting it hard?
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Nov 2015, 10:55
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

HS separation

A second effort to illustrate a possible interpretation of HS separation. I understand this possibility is contentious/debatable and, as with my previous suggestion that the HS assembly went...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Nov 2015, 08:56
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

Agree - the HS sealing panel (as noted by...

Agree - the HS sealing panel (as noted by Control Eng previously) visible at the top left. I particularly note the angle of the remaining attached piece of elevator.
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Nov 2015, 21:57
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

Yes, with you on that. From the apparent lack of...

Yes, with you on that. From the apparent lack of any lower HS supporting structure visible in the VS section of debris I've been minded from the off that the HS went LE down. While I originally...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Nov 2015, 20:16
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

Ah. I certainly was. So the long and short it is...

Ah. I certainly was. So the long and short it is that the HS may not necessarily have failed "upwards"?
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Nov 2015, 17:23
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

Absolutely 100% certain that is the top of the LH...

Absolutely 100% certain that is the top of the LH HS and not the underside of the RH? Because if it was, it would clarify a lot of previous suggestions in very short order.
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Nov 2015, 14:35
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

HS

On a point of order, is it 100% nailed-on certain that the HS photographed is port/left side?
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Nov 2015, 21:49
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

Though speaking as someone who was once a...

Though speaking as someone who was once a hard-core conspiracy theorist, I would suggest that beneath the veneer of competence, the governments of major powers know little more than the rest of us...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Nov 2015, 09:19
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

Alleged ISIS video

Quick point re this - the alleged ISIS video shows what appears to be an explosion at the centre fuel tank followed by a trail of black smoke as the plane flies on with the tail still attached (no...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Nov 2015, 22:29
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

True. But looking back at Kulverstuka's photo of...

True. But looking back at Kulverstuka's photo of the internal HS assembly & seeing how close the front edge sits to the back of the recorders where the connections go in, if that front edge took out...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Nov 2015, 22:15
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

France24/Le Point/AFP

Just to follow up on this, the original AFP source refers to a "sudden, brutal sound" recorded by the cvr. By the time it gets to France24 via Le Point it has become the sound of an explosion.
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Nov 2015, 22:06
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

Thanks for the link txl. France24 quotes Le...

Thanks for the link txl. France24 quotes Le Point, which in turn quotes a 'source close to the investigation' speaking to AFP.
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Nov 2015, 21:31
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

Though that's not necessarily corroboration if...

Though that's not necessarily corroboration if France24 source from AFP.
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Nov 2015, 21:11
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

Alleged ISIS video

FWIW, when this video first appeared on Twitter, several commenters suggested it was video game footage filmed from a tv screen with a phone camera to give it an authentic 'hand held' feel.
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Nov 2015, 16:33
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

Though one man's 'gunshot' is another man's...

Though one man's 'gunshot' is another man's 'cricket bat hitting a toilet door', as debated at length in court during the trial of Oscar Pistorius.
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Nov 2015, 21:42
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

@CONSO #2

Regarding the possibility of both upward & downward deflection of HS -

Again, no idea if this is plausible, but:

HS detaches from jackscrew/jackscrew fails

HS leading edge deflects upward,...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Nov 2015, 21:33
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

@CONSO

I read your post way back in the 900s suggesting something similar - IIRC you suggested the HS deflected leading edge upward into the airflow. To me, the evidence suggests a deflection downward...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Nov 2015, 21:18
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

For me, that.

For me, that.
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Nov 2015, 20:16
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,493,732
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

Flight recorders

Going way back to Kulverstuka's photo at #1004 of the HS & jackscrew & seeing how close the flight recorders are mounted to the front edge of the HS. If the jackscrew failed & the front end of the HS...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Oct 2006, 21:48
Replies: 1,634
Views: 673,445
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

Thankfully something of which I cannot claim any...

Thankfully something of which I cannot claim any experience.
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Oct 2006, 13:49
Replies: 1,634
Views: 673,445
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

This was touched on indirectly up the thread, but...

This was touched on indirectly up the thread, but going back to the original incident - one thing is confusing me. Joe Sharkey described the moment of collision thus:

"Without warning, I felt a...
Forum: Engineers & Technicians
16th Jul 2006, 12:10
Replies: 95
Views: 11,298
Posted By Bertie Bonkers

Even I know this is a load of old tosh. And I'm...

Even I know this is a load of old tosh. And I'm completely bonkers.

Paradigm et al, repeat after me: "There are no such things as chemtrails", whatever the Daily Mirror...
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