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Forum: Tech Log
12th Aug 2011, 17:01
Replies: 1
Views: 1,010
Posted By just-nick

JetBlue A320 avionics vendors

On the optional A320 avionics bits, who is JetBlue equipped with?

FGMS?

GPWS?

Radar?

Etc?
Forum: Tech Log
16th Nov 2010, 16:57
Replies: 8
Views: 3,419
Posted By just-nick

Keeping/getting engines shut down isn't just a...

Keeping/getting engines shut down isn't just a problem for throttle-by-wire/FADEC systems. I'm sure everyone here is familiar with the runaway Cessna Citation Boat...
Forum: Tech Log
16th Nov 2010, 16:27
Replies: 15
Views: 3,994
Posted By just-nick

"TCS" Functionality on Big Iron

Many private/business jet aircraft (Citations and Lears and at least some of the bigger Bombardiers that I know of, presumably others) have a TCS function as part of the autopilot -- one one-touch...
Forum: Tech Log
10th Nov 2010, 14:39
Replies: 7
Views: 1,673
Posted By just-nick

Thanks for the info, much appreciated. One...

Thanks for the info, much appreciated.

One more CRJ question: does the Vmo/Mmo display on the airspeed tape respect the placard speeds during flap extension/retraction or is it just the absolute...
Forum: Tech Log
29th Oct 2010, 14:43
Replies: 7
Views: 1,673
Posted By just-nick

What about OEI?

What about OEI?
Forum: Tech Log
28th Oct 2010, 16:14
Replies: 7
Views: 1,673
Posted By just-nick

CRJ7/9 Flap Positions and Uses

Can one of the CRJ fliers out there clarify this for me:

What are the (typical) uses of the various flap positions on the CRJ7/9?

My understanding is that 8 is normal takeoff, 20 is short field...
31st Mar 2009, 20:19
Replies: 519
Views: 325,179
Posted By just-nick

Just so that our uninformed speculation can be...

Just so that our uninformed speculation can be somewhat more informed, the ever-amazing SmartCockpit just posted a bunch of MD-11 stuff:

SmartCockpit - Boeing MD-11...
29th Mar 2009, 05:37
Replies: 42
Views: 9,884
Posted By just-nick

True enough, Hoser90B. I suppose I was thinking...

True enough, Hoser90B. I suppose I was thinking of "know" in a casual and non-literal sense. That sort of extrapolation into the unknowns was exactly what I was getting at when talking about...
27th Mar 2009, 19:15
Replies: 42
Views: 9,884
Posted By just-nick

I think we're also getting into that grey area...

I think we're also getting into that grey area between "should" and "can."

Airplanes "can" (i.e. are physically capable) of significantly more than their performance limits would indicate. That...
25th Mar 2009, 14:24
Replies: 47
Views: 37,497
Posted By just-nick

Why'd Everyone's Favorite Airplane fail? ...

Why'd Everyone's Favorite Airplane fail?

I've always seen the L1011 as a case where the "best" product in terms of engineering and design excellence (including features and performance) fails at...
24th Mar 2009, 20:58
Replies: 47
Views: 37,497
Posted By just-nick

Re. EFIS upgrade, tracked this down: ...

Re. EFIS upgrade, tracked this down:

Innovative Solutions & Support | Platforms and Systems (http://www.innovative-ss.com/platforms/index.asp?ID=62&L1=3&L2=3&L3=0&display=1)

Wow, there's life...
24th Mar 2009, 19:24
Replies: 0
Views: 641
Posted By just-nick

Airbus rudder controls

Question about A330/A340 rudder systems:

They were mechanical/fbw hybrid (pedals were mech link, FBW could augment) in the original A330-300 and A-340's.

But the big stretch A340-500/600 and...
24th Mar 2009, 02:14
Replies: 47
Views: 37,497
Posted By just-nick

I've heard some reputation that all those...

I've heard some reputation that all those ahead-of-their-time-techno-bits (including the never-repeated DLC) made for some maintenance headaches. I wonder if that is why the comparatively simple...
23rd Mar 2009, 21:06
Replies: 47
Views: 37,497
Posted By just-nick

RAF still flies some as tankers, I think (though...

RAF still flies some as tankers, I think (though their days are fading).

Orbital Sciences (OSC) flies one for one of the coolest ex-airliner missions: dropping their air-launched Pegasus...
Forum: Tech Log
23rd Mar 2009, 19:45
Replies: 3
Views: 1,390
Posted By just-nick

Nothing that secret. At least the E-6B "Mercury"...

Nothing that secret. At least the E-6B "Mercury" TACAMO (Navy flown, but on a joint USAF/Navy mission now to connect submarines, missile silos, and the cheerfully named "national command authority"...
23rd Mar 2009, 18:27
Replies: 1
Views: 2,292
Posted By just-nick

A330/A340 Stab Trim

Alright, this is possibly going off the technical deep end, but that's how I am (and this is my first post here...woo hoo).

Anyway, the Narita MD-11 crash has got me looking back over past...
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