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Forum: Tech Log

2nd Dec 2010, 15:10

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Posted By cpp6f

Thanks for pointing that out Lonewolf. I think I...

Thanks for pointing that out Lonewolf. I think I confused terminology and probably shouldn't have said that part. I meant the post to be a question, but I think it came out as more of a statement...

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2nd Dec 2010, 03:42

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Posted By cpp6f

YouTube - Lost - The Mystery Of Flight 447 - Part...

YouTube - Lost - The Mystery Of Flight 447 - Part 5 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_3gdzcIXO0)

The BBC documentary speculates that the failure to increase thrust after the loss of AIS led to the...

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1st Dec 2010, 14:07

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Posted By cpp6f

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't indicated...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't indicated airspeed directly determined by the AoA which is directly controlled by the trim setting of the horizontal stabilizer and completely independent of engine...

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1st Dec 2010, 03:54

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Posted By cpp6f

Thanks for the reply, that makes sense. But why...

Thanks for the reply, that makes sense. But why would the autopilot be so stupid as to exceed the critical AoA? I can't imagine that an interlock is not in place to prevent that from happening. ...

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1st Dec 2010, 03:23

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Posted By cpp6f

How did lack of airspeed data cause AF-447 to enter an unrecoverable stall?

The most likely theory for the crash at this time seems to be that the aircraft entered a violent storm, the pitot tubes froze over, and the pilots stalled the aircraft b/c they didn't have reliable...

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