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Forum: Rumours & News

18th Mar 2014, 00:41

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Malaysian Airlines MH370 contact lost

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Posted By ve3id

Picky picky picky. The cost of the parts is...

Picky picky picky.

The cost of the parts is not just what you pay to the supplier, but the qualifying and testing that has to be done to mil spec standards. I stand by my original statement.

Forum: Rumours & News

18th Mar 2014, 00:12

Replies: 11,831

Malaysian Airlines MH370 contact lost

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Posted By ve3id

Electronics in cold ambient temperatures

Commercial chips are mostly designed and tested from 0 to 70 C. Industrial chips go to wider ranges, sometimes -40 to +105 C, sometimes more. Military/Aerospace spec are generally qualified from...

Forum: Rumours & News

16th Mar 2014, 11:56

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Malaysian Airlines MH370 contact lost

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Posted By ve3id

XPDR SWITCH

"I can think of no reason you would EVER want to turn off the transponder once in flight, and I think that we will find this option is rapidly removed from the flight deck.. "

The time mine...

Forum: Rumours & News

12th Mar 2014, 19:59

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Malaysian Airlines MH370 contact lost

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Posted By ve3id

Interesting ...

Almost the same wording was used in the documents relating to the design of the 787. I use this document in a college course I teach in systems integration. However, they were published effective...

Forum: Rumours & News

9th Mar 2014, 01:10

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Malaysian Airlines MH370 contact lost

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Posted By ve3id

Re: post 528

I wonder about the credibility of the Captain who was quoted as saying he had a conversation:

"He said those on the same frequency at the time would have heard the exchange.

This, he said,...

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