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Forum: Rumours & News
21st Mar 2010, 13:56
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Quote from captplaystation: ...it remains a sad...

Quote from captplaystation:
...it remains a sad fact of life that most of the "human resources" types (and indeed CEO'S/ Chief Pilots ) do not want someone with a "personality" or even an "opinion"...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Nov 2008, 14:32
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Thanks, GFYA, How clear and illuminating....

Thanks, GFYA,

How clear and illuminating. 2035 (+) posts on this thread, and many on its predecessor, since 17th January. How forbearing of you not to comment until now.

Guess you must have...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Oct 2008, 23:07
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Quote from Swedish Steve: On the Trent, the...

Quote from Swedish Steve:
On the Trent, the Fuel passes through the FOHE first when it enters the engine. So there is a chance that any ice could block the passages in the heat exchanger. In the GE...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Sep 2008, 23:39
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Large Plumbing

The B777 uses two of just about the most powerful engines in the business, so each engine is presumably fed by some of the largest fuel lines in service.

Strange that this very fuel plumbing may...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Aug 2008, 01:28
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

pacplyer, I'm going to be a bit kinder to...

pacplyer,

I'm going to be a bit kinder to your post than CJ has been, particularly as you have promised not to bite. ;) DozyWannabe has nicely summarised the main points of the A320 accident you...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Aug 2008, 00:01
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Quote from Green Dot: The OEM AMM officially...

Quote from Green Dot:
The OEM AMM officially refers to it as the Engine Fuel Suction Feed.
[Unquote]

I stand corrected: thanks. The point I was trying to make was that, in the event of failure...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Aug 2008, 14:38
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Green Dot, you are right. It's a pity Top Bunk's...

Green Dot, you are right. It's a pity Top Bunk's information is not more specific: perhaps it does in fact refer to the HP Pump (independently on each engine, with an interval of a mere 8 seconds)....
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Apr 2008, 21:03
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Quote from Flintstone: If you want to spout...

Quote from Flintstone:
If you want to spout rubbish do it in Jet Blast or, better still, on another site and leave the grown up subjects to those of us with a vested interest.
Back on topic now...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Apr 2008, 10:30
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

'FAT' with Fuel...

Congratulations to our two ramp men - Green-dot and Swedish Steve - and CONF iture, for finally kicking the OUTAGAS theory into touch. [If the crew or anyone connected with the AAIB ever reads this...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Apr 2008, 14:46
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Tank frost margins

Just how closely the under-wing frost defines the ‘wet’ part of a wing tank is a matter for some conjecture. I don’t disagree with anything that’s been said; nor amend my suggestions above.
...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Apr 2008, 18:04
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Interesting line of enquiry, you two, but I would...

Interesting line of enquiry, you two, but I would suggest that the resulting figure might be slightly less than the amount on board. It seems likely that the wing bottom surface would have been...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Apr 2008, 11:21
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Hi James, Yes: the gear definitely absorbs...

Hi James,

Yes: the gear definitely absorbs vertical kinetic energy, preferably without collapsing in the process! I'm afraid you are now taking this topic well beyond my expertise. I have...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Apr 2008, 10:47
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Hi JamesCam, The conventional wisdom, which...

Hi JamesCam,

The conventional wisdom, which I support, is that the hard pavement is better, provided its LCN is up to the job. The last thing you want is the wheels burying themselves into mother...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Apr 2008, 23:12
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Thanks. Idle thrust always seemed unlikely, going...

Thanks. Idle thrust always seemed unlikely, going into LHR. But what/who is your source?
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Apr 2008, 22:41
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

There is much merit in the above discussion, if...

There is much merit in the above discussion, if only to increase our understanding of L/D ratios, and their implication. We must recognise, though, that the crew must have been hoping for, or even...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Apr 2008, 10:38
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Smile Quote from snanceki [Today, 07:53, currently...

Quote from snanceki [Today, 07:53, currently #796]:
As I said we will have to be patient. Only then will we be able to draw conclusions and see whether any of the theories put forward prove to be...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Apr 2008, 11:07
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Quote from snanceki: A no cause identified...

Quote from snanceki:
A no cause identified outcome is IMHO not viable since the aircraft is largely intact.
[Unquote]

It’s a wonderful situation, isn’t it? Pity all those electrons have...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Mar 2008, 22:50
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Oldlae, Yeah - Guess that's the point...

Oldlae,

Yeah - Guess that's the point grebllaw123d was making. So, I suppose we can assume that the 200ER has not been fitted with the fuel scavenge system design changes that the Service...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Mar 2008, 22:16
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Quote from grebllaw123d: According the AAIB...

Quote from grebllaw123d:
According the AAIB reports, BA38 was a 777-236ER.


Hi, Are you are under the impression that the Boeing Service Bulletin only applies specifically to B777-300ER and...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Mar 2008, 20:42
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

A330 Scenario, versus B777

Quote from ArcticLow [Mar02/19:06]:
....At 1000ft radio, the F/O takes control, states "Man Land 280 baro", but leaves the automatics in. At this stage, everything looks OK and they're just waiting...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Feb 2008, 23:31
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

It was the Engine HP fuel pumps (mechanical, from...

It was the Engine HP fuel pumps (mechanical, from an accessory gearbox, and unswitchable) that were cavitated, not the (LP) Tank pumps...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Feb 2008, 22:55
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Hi lomapaseo, Your Ameican colleague shawk...

Hi lomapaseo,

Your Ameican colleague shawk has logged off. Think what he/she may be asking is:

Do we infer that the HP fuel-pump cavitation damage - as found by the investigators - all took...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Feb 2008, 08:22
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Quote from PBL: The transmitting power would be...

Quote from PBL:
The transmitting power would be dependent on how far away the transmitter is (inverse-square law and all that) and whether the transmitter is broadcast or directed-energy. ...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Feb 2008, 01:10
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Throttle-up. Perceived discrepancy in FOB

Quote from autoflight:
Is anyone claiming that the crew opened the thrust levers to max and kept them there?


Quote from AAIB Bulletin S1-2008 (Feb18):
The engines failed to respond to...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Feb 2008, 18:39
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Bienvenue

Quote from Bis47 [Feb26/21:42]:
More likely, the flow fuel restriction problem was there well before the demand for higher engine output occured on short final. Maybe the fuel flow started to be...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Feb 2008, 14:59
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Sherlock Holmes logic

Quote from PBL [Feb26/08:29]:
The 8086 was a 16-bit architecture in which all processing and all data channels were 8-bit. It means you had to do everything twice: once for the lower half and once...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Feb 2008, 10:22
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Conservative FBW Architecture: If it ain't broke, don't fix it

Quote from ve3id [Feb24/03:30]:
Chris Scott said:
"PS: Isn't it remarkable that, 20 years on, the SECs may still be employing an Intel 80186 chip, now ancient history in the home-PC world? We were...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Feb 2008, 00:54
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

FBW architecture - an ex-pilot's viewpoint

Quote from PBL [Feb23/0913], re. A320 FBW architecture:
The FACs, ELACs and SECs run in parallel on the inputs. The outputs cannot be determined by voting (you can't vote with only two processors!)...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Feb 2008, 19:02
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Okay SyEng, I like the way you argue your...

Okay SyEng, I like the way you argue your hypotheses.

There is another point worth mentioning, perhaps, again quoting the AAIB:
During the descent, from FL400, the A/C entered the hold at...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Feb 2008, 18:12
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,464
Posted By Chris Scott

Pitch Attitudes

Quote from SyEng [Today, 17:04]:
The most nose-down attitude of the whole flight (including descent) occurs when landing flaps are selected. This I think is likely true of many civil types. Perhaps...
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