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Forum: Tech Log
20th Apr 2011, 01:48
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,539,795
Posted By Machaca

Hello bearfoil: Yes, the lugs failed....

Hello bearfoil:



Yes, the lugs failed. Only the lugs. The six clevis remained intact as did the entire hoop/frame/skin assembly of AA587's section 19.




So you are suggesting AA587's VS...
Forum: Tech Log
19th Apr 2011, 17:59
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,539,795
Posted By Machaca

bearfoil: The spoiler's condition is...

bearfoil:


The spoiler's condition is consistent with it being pushed up and off the wing from below by the much larger flaps.




In my experience (aerospace and motorsports) one signature...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Apr 2011, 19:21
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,539,795
Posted By Machaca

No harm in a bit of component identification and...

No harm in a bit of component identification and moderately informed speculation while we wait for better official information. None here expects to discern a full explanation from the keyhole view...
Forum: Tech Log
9th Apr 2011, 00:47
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,539,795
Posted By Machaca

ventus45 -- We're still waiting to hear what...

ventus45 -- We're still waiting to hear what specific in-flight forces would cause the separation of AF447's VS.

Why the similar condition to the VS of ANZ A320 that hit the sea near Perpignan at...
Forum: Tech Log
8th Apr 2011, 16:34
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,539,795
Posted By Machaca

bearfoil: That curiosity is sadly...

bearfoil:



That curiosity is sadly mistaken.

There is no way to explain the damage seen on the VS/lugs/hoops by any manuoevers and forces while airborne.
Forum: Tech Log
7th Apr 2011, 23:31
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,539,795
Posted By Machaca

deSitter: Hardly a neat separation -- the...

deSitter:
Hardly a neat separation -- the forged lugs were ripped out from between their forged hoops!

http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n385/motidog/Lugs01.jpg

A330 section 19:
...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Apr 2011, 19:36
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,539,795
Posted By Machaca

The DFDR is mounted just aft of the rear pressure...

The DFDR is mounted just aft of the rear pressure bulkhead:

http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n385/motidog/A330aftBHtail1.jpg
Forum: Tech Log
4th Apr 2011, 21:23
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,539,795
Posted By Machaca

Added another overlay of debris recovery...

Added another overlay of debris recovery locations.

I wonder what items 9 and 11 are...

http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n385/motidog/AF447site04.jpg
Forum: Tech Log
4th Apr 2011, 17:21
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,539,795
Posted By Machaca

Here's an overlay of mm43's earlier map and...

Here's an overlay of mm43's earlier map and today's BEA map:

http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n385/motidog/AF447site03.jpg

The yellow circles are drawn at multiples of 10NM radii from the...
Forum: Tech Log
16th Mar 2011, 00:22
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,539,795
Posted By Machaca

AF447 Documentary

There is really just one (speculative) documentary, produced by Darlow Smithson Productions. It was aired last year by the BBC in the UK and the PBS program NOVA in the US, and now by the CBC in...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Sep 2010, 08:49
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,539,795
Posted By Machaca

bearfoil: Brawn is much more than skin deep!...

bearfoil:

Brawn is much more than skin deep!

Just the female lugs that are situated between and joined to the massive frames (not mere hoops) are each 82 kg of forged AlZn5.5MgCu/(B).

Here's...
Forum: Tech Log
31st Aug 2010, 21:39
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,539,795
Posted By Machaca

bearfoil: But you have known this...

bearfoil:



But you have known this since reading the very detailed section 1.12.3.5 Examination of the vertical stabiliser in the BEA's Interim Report No.2...
Forum: Tech Log
31st Aug 2010, 18:41
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,539,795
Posted By Machaca

A330/340 Section 19, manufactured by Premium...

A330/340 Section 19, manufactured by Premium AEROTEC GmbH

http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n385/motidog/A330-340Section19.jpg
Forum: Tech Log
29th Aug 2010, 17:56
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,539,795
Posted By Machaca

Plenty of relevant data contained in NTSB report...

Plenty of relevant data contained in NTSB report on AA 587 In-Flight Separation of Vertical Stabilizer (http://www.skybrary.aero/bookshelf/books/523.pdf):

...
Forum: Tech Log
27th Aug 2010, 19:41
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,539,795
Posted By Machaca

Bearfoil: Without an airfoil shape the...

Bearfoil:



Without an airfoil shape the VS wouldn't create lift and therefore couldn't provide vectored force (work) upon the airframe, no?
Forum: Tech Log
26th Apr 2010, 00:42
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,539,795
Posted By Machaca

Why the area has been surveyed before...

Why the area has been surveyed before (http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0008/000888/088800eb.pdf):

http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n385/motidog/Strakhov7-1988.gif
Forum: Tech Log
14th Apr 2010, 20:03
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,539,795
Posted By Machaca

Video Player

Gringobr is correct - use the free VLC Media Player. It works on Win, Mac & Linux boxes and plays virtually every audio & video format.

Get it here (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/).
Forum: Tech Log
29th Mar 2010, 18:35
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,539,795
Posted By Machaca

Corrected link: speed control | safe flight...

Corrected link:

speed control | safe flight | flight instrument | 1958 | 0666 | Flight Archive (http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1958/1958%20-%200666.html)
Forum: Tech Log
10th Mar 2010, 19:52
Replies: 3,893
Views: 1,539,795
Posted By Machaca

Too much depends on which areas of the aircraft...

Too much depends on which areas of the aircraft impacted with wave tops. 3 meter waves depicted.

http://i337.photobucket.com/albums/n385/motidog/a330waves3mz.jpg
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