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Forum: Tech Log
7th Nov 2020, 13:58
Replies: 16
Views: 3,454
Posted By EMIT

Quick and dirty rule of thumb is to divide...

Quick and dirty rule of thumb is to divide distance by 10 to get cruise attitude in thousands of feet: 200 nm/ 20.000 ft or, even simpler, 200 nm/ FL 200
Forum: Tech Log
13th Apr 2019, 06:18
Replies: 11
Views: 4,850
Posted By EMIT

Reality

No, everything was picked up within some 200 ft and max 20 degrees of heading change.
Forum: Tech Log
10th Apr 2019, 06:58
Replies: 11
Views: 4,850
Posted By EMIT

Quote " a report of an uncommanded descent and...

Quote " a report of an uncommanded descent and turn that occurred after an inflight switch to the spare flight management function (FMF)."

... and the pilots just did ye olde "Aviate, Navigate,...
Forum: Tech Log
29th Dec 2018, 14:49
Replies: 44
Views: 11,874
Posted By EMIT

Then it might be time to indoctrinate ATC with...

Then it might be time to indoctrinate ATC with proper procedures that do not force us pilots to waste energy with use of speedbrakes.
Forum: Tech Log
29th Dec 2018, 14:17
Replies: 44
Views: 11,874
Posted By EMIT

Hi David1300, did you see the following part of...

Hi David1300,
did you see the following part of the text that you quoted?

Quote
hey, an electric car can use the motor as a generator to convert the kinetic energy back to stored electric power...
Forum: Tech Log
27th Dec 2018, 18:33
Replies: 44
Views: 11,874
Posted By EMIT

As reply to Lord Lucan, post 4. Recovering...

As reply to Lord Lucan, post 4.

Recovering energy???

Yet another conceptual mistake, such as you find everywhere in the green madness of todays world!

A car driver that approaches a red...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Oct 2018, 17:19
Replies: 65
Views: 19,369
Posted By EMIT

Yet another conceptual mistake, such as you find...

Yet another conceptual mistake, such as you find everywhere in the green madness of todays world!

A car driver that approaches a red traffic light at 50 mph and then brakes to stop the car is...
Forum: Tech Log
10th Oct 2018, 12:51
Replies: 20
Views: 4,929
Posted By EMIT

Damn, how to do on a 757/767 where you find three...

Damn, how to do on a 757/767 where you find three autopilots and usually only two pilots of flesh and blood?
Forum: Tech Log
19th Jul 2018, 16:29
Replies: 8
Views: 2,407
Posted By EMIT

Yes, muck-ups on paper happen as well, but there...

Yes, muck-ups on paper happen as well, but there it is usually not as all encompassing as with an EFB: on an EFB one typo can influence both THRUST and SPEED results. With paper, the work is divided...
Forum: Tech Log
19th Jul 2018, 12:44
Replies: 8
Views: 2,407
Posted By EMIT

And those ENORMOUS benefits will be offset...

And those ENORMOUS benefits will be offset occasionally by a hull loss due to a simple typing error ...
Emirate s A340 in Melbourne, MK Cargo 747 in Halifax, and numerous close calls all over the...
Forum: Tech Log
9th Apr 2018, 14:09
Replies: 11
Views: 4,483
Posted By EMIT

Idle or Idle

From what I recall of A-320 descent - it is calculated with (increased) idle, as if engine anti-ice is ON all the time - this out of concern by Airbus that they don't want you to have an excess of...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Apr 2018, 18:21
Replies: 16
Views: 9,057
Posted By EMIT

Similar

Raptor,

In december 2017 there was a similar thread on this forum, titled " Cold temp corrections on LNAV appr ". (https://www.pprune.org/tech-log/601732-cold-temp-corrections-lnav-appr.html)...
Forum: Tech Log
23rd Feb 2018, 23:24
Replies: 112
Views: 38,664
Posted By EMIT

Ponder

IF power is the way out of a stall ..... how the hell then do gliders ever recover from a stall ... ?
Forum: Tech Log
6th Feb 2018, 19:52
Replies: 26
Views: 15,668
Posted By EMIT

Answer

Stripes / Not meant to be condescending. In the first couple of answers there were remarks about substitution and then there were strange ways that substitution seemed to be implemented by some...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Feb 2018, 19:29
Replies: 26
Views: 15,668
Posted By EMIT

Intelligence

Is reading and understanding really so difficult?

Regulations state that TDZ RVR may be replaced by MID RVR if TDZ RVR is U/S.

Regulations also state the minimum required values for TDZ, MID...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Feb 2018, 22:25
Replies: 25
Views: 12,831
Posted By EMIT

Tech knowledge

A Squared beat me with the provision of a pretty good explanation, but I'll post this anyway.



The question of the O.P. is a good one and in trying to answer it correctly we do see the limits...
Forum: Tech Log
8th Dec 2017, 09:32
Replies: 8
Views: 10,162
Posted By EMIT

Probably depends on the chart maker, Cabrini. ...

Probably depends on the chart maker, Cabrini.
Following quote from LIDO, do not have Jeppesen definitions available.

1.6.2.11.1.8. Minimum Grid Altitude (MGA)
The MGA represents the lowest safe...
Forum: Tech Log
28th Nov 2017, 18:21
Replies: 23
Views: 17,798
Posted By EMIT

The legal text seems to contain a contradiction:...

The legal text seems to contain a contradiction: for an approach using VNAV minimum, the FAF altitude must not be changed, but outside the final approach segment, the effect of temperature should be...
Forum: Tech Log
28th Nov 2017, 18:19
Replies: 23
Views: 17,798
Posted By EMIT

In the subsequent postings, there is some...

In the subsequent postings, there is some disagreement as to whether the approach altitude of 3.000 ft should be corrected for low temperature or not. Some posters are emphatic that all (minimum)...
Forum: Tech Log
28th Nov 2017, 18:16
Replies: 23
Views: 17,798
Posted By EMIT

Arithmatic

The Original Poster had a question about the RNAV (GPS) 23L approach in EDDL at low temperature conditions.
Since a picture is worth a thousand words, let’s have a look at the situation.
Forum: Tech Log
12th Nov 2017, 18:29
Replies: 23
Views: 17,798
Posted By EMIT

Platform

Quote:
Personally, I wouldn't feel comfortable flying an uncorrected platform altitude in order to intercept the vertical profile later (especially in IMC) because terrain clearance could be...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Oct 2017, 21:08
Replies: 48
Views: 11,817
Posted By EMIT

Not opaque

No, the 787 windows, even when darkened to the max, still let light pass thru, allowing the pax to see the outside world in all its glory. Really a brilliant system.
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Oct 2017, 21:26
Replies: 271
Views: 116,015
Posted By EMIT

Added definition of stopway

And the answer is ....
(EU OPS)
clearway’ means a defined rectangular area on the ground or water under the control of the appropriate authority, selected or prepared as a suitable area over which...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Oct 2017, 07:32
Replies: 271
Views: 116,015
Posted By EMIT

Modern times

Quote (RAT5)
There was one poster who was concerned about derate, assumed temp, and improved climb all together. Is that possible? I thought improved climb required full umph, or did I misunderstood...
Forum: Tech Log
27th Sep 2017, 12:20
Replies: 10
Views: 4,929
Posted By EMIT

Temperature Correction

When LNAV minimum is lower than LNAV/VNAV minimum, that could be because of temperature considerations:
The LNAV/VNAV minimum is valid down to the published minimum temperature stated on the chart....
Forum: Tech Log
12th Sep 2017, 02:58
Replies: 61
Views: 28,929
Posted By EMIT

Zero gee

Quote
Again, would unloading the wings save you from uncontrollable roll at lower airspeeds like 190-230 knots?
Unquote

Galaxy Flyer
Quote
I would think unloading wouldn't...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Sep 2017, 07:31
Replies: 61
Views: 28,929
Posted By EMIT

Lauda

Very interesting details, tdracer!

As far as training is concerned, when the accident happened, apparently the simulators still had a failure mode of REV deployed inflight. After the modification...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Sep 2017, 17:38
Replies: 61
Views: 28,929
Posted By EMIT

Indications

If I recall correctly, the Lauda 767 did have a number of issues with its reverser on previous flights, indicated by (intermittent?) REV ISLN (reverse isolation) light.
Also on the accident flight,...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Sep 2017, 23:28
Replies: 16
Views: 8,135
Posted By EMIT

Stormy fog

Yeah, I was thinking about RAF Brawdy, the 40 kt fog airfield, but there you don't have a low limits ILS.
About the other British (civilian airfields) OK, point taken.
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Sep 2017, 08:12
Replies: 16
Views: 8,135
Posted By EMIT

75 m RVR

Must be a strange airfield - RVR just above 75 m ( why else Cat 3b needed) and still the wind going out of limits?

For the OP, many times when LOVIS procedures are used, the WX actually isn't all...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Aug 2017, 22:39
Replies: 231
Views: 84,369
Posted By EMIT

Simple

OAP

The thrust lever position for a Go Around is pretty simple - full forward until it is stopped by the forward limit of the slot it moves in. Rather hard to forget that one.
Forum: Tech Log
14th Aug 2017, 02:21
Replies: 1,677
Views: 530,756
Posted By EMIT

Nuggets

Unfortunately Gums, civvie airliners are a sort of "transports" - I guess you catch my drift ...
Forum: Tech Log
31st Jul 2017, 19:27
Replies: 1,677
Views: 530,756
Posted By EMIT

Fun

Give me the airliner that produces overspeed with the nose 15 degrees high above the horizon at FL380.

Must be a mighty powerful beast to play with.
Forum: Tech Log
31st Jul 2017, 18:29
Replies: 1,677
Views: 530,756
Posted By EMIT

Cause and Effect

Stall warnings are not connected directly to stick movements, they are caused by airplane condition (angle of attack).
Initially the speed was normal. The yank back on the stick then pointed the...
Forum: Tech Log
31st Jul 2017, 18:01
Replies: 8
Views: 1,195
Posted By EMIT

ACCURATE ??

For rough estimate, for that length of flight, use 5 tons per hour.

For the flight, guesstimate great circle distance + 5 %,
estimate True Airspeed 480 kts, for the westbound flight estimate 50...
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