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Forum: Rumours & News
10th Jan 2010, 23:08
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

Wojteksz please leave the room

Wojteksz please leave the room
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Jan 2010, 23:01
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

glide

Pardon me, I still hear my instructor saying "Dont stretch the Glide"
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Nov 2008, 22:55
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

Actually I flew a Dart or two too.Twos and fours

Thanks Fzz, look like plenty of U bends there to me.
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Nov 2008, 21:51
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

I still think it Carb ice

Sorry about the bollocks ,Didnt the dart have a centrifugal stage whuch changed the direction of the airflow>?
As for the Viscounti icing up over Switzerland . Im not wrong about that .Caused plenty...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Nov 2008, 09:33
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

Venturi works for liquids too

Green dot post 2071
We all know the difference Viscount /Brit and Dart/Proteus but both engines were reverse (air)flow
The Viscount event was a wake up call.
My statement pointed out that the...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Nov 2008, 14:30
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

not enough water.... post 2056 Phil Golin

Phil to reply to your assertion about not enough water content strikes me as "denial" ,The Met physistists swore there wasnt enough water at 25000ft to cause a Viscount complete 4 engine shut down...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Sep 2008, 09:30
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

ref post 1883 The Shadow

Please may I remind The Shadow ,(his middle big paragraph), that the fuel uplift was NOT warm. I recollect a post stating it to have been minus 10 degrees C
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Jul 2008, 09:57
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

High Ice ( in thin cloud ? )

Lucky Coward,
Arent those pitots heated ?

......Was that stuff about high engine ice in strange forms by Prof/Doctor Viellette, (Aviation Week last year) promulgated to all working Aircrew? ...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th May 2008, 17:05
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

froth, warm or cold

Just bubbles then.
Forum: Rumours & News
4th May 2008, 18:07
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

Both at once

Bsieker
Thats just how compressor stalls can behave.
...Also,ice by itself can upset the airflow,without necessarily shedding or causing mechanical damage
I do remember a reference to...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd May 2008, 11:07
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

stalling and guessing

Bis47,
.......I think for whatever reason the stall did not occur at 170 ft . Free fall from that height calculates a far higher vertical speed than the 2000 ft per minute indicated by the...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st May 2008, 23:58
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

Did fuel flow increase or not?

Sunfish,
....Presumably an increase of fuel flow without rotational acceleration would have led to higher engine temperatures.Wouldnt these show on FDR or QAR ?
Forum: Rumours & News
1st May 2008, 08:13
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

Bearcat OAT +8 or +10.Like jelly or like froth?...

Bearcat
OAT +8 or +10.Like jelly or like froth? or both?
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Apr 2008, 07:01
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

That that shall not be spoken

Green dot.
....Speak up in plain language then ,stop hinting.What is your inference that I and the others dont like to say?
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Apr 2008, 17:22
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

Xfeeds operated or not? what says FDR?

#923 Greendot
....There was a strange re-edit of a lot of posts which became redated 18Feb, so I cant find full versions of the original relevant posts now.
....It had been stated that a "The...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Apr 2008, 21:47
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

That bloody Carb Ice

ExclamationMark,
.......As a scenario it fits.
As I read it , core Icing when taxying in foggy conditions did not always lead to flameouts while running at low speed.If the engines had got any...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Apr 2008, 12:23
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

grasping at a different straw

It is suggested that Ba038 was given an unusually long soak at -75degrees.(Around ISA -20 ....more unusual in that it is also suggested that most aircraft on this route took precautions and reduced...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Mar 2008, 09:49
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

Vapour lock= cavitation?

Tree,
You seem to have a closer understanding than I do.
...Ive seen fire prorection tables that seem to show that aviation kerosenes with lower freeze points have lower flash points ; and ...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Mar 2008, 01:32
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

Volatile fuel mix vapour pressure at moderate temperatures

moderator ,did you block my message yesterday?
This thread leads to what I was saying about fuel being ok for not waxing at extremely low temps when tested,, but light enough to boil at low above...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Mar 2008, 12:13
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

Vapour lock= OutaGas

Boguing.
....I dont think mixing is guaranteed by smooth flight sloshing .In a seperate discipline we are warned not to rely on it to mix oil and petrol for 2 strokes.
.
...Now Mr Physics, tell us...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Mar 2008, 09:08
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

SpannersatKL ..Yes,but the engines should have...

SpannersatKL
..Yes,but the engines should have been unable to run if the HP cocks were closed by the fire drill , thus still a little niggle about not much fuel should have been leaking if the...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Mar 2008, 08:31
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

Skies fool, At least I`ve done...

Skies fool,
At least I`ve done more good ones than bad ones
Hillyflier
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Mar 2008, 14:20
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

Vapour lock not carb-ice

Sorry about the sloppy refuelling Captain777
...My main thrust was higher volatility fuel and "vapour -lock" above normal propensity.
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Mar 2008, 12:09
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

Vapour lock, not Carb-ice.

I may have been concentrating too much on the waxing and ice effects of very low outside temps during cruise .
...We are advised the uplifted fuel (stored and delivered at subzero temp) exceeded...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Mar 2008, 15:51
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

Reducing speed at 1knot per second?

Reducing speed at 1knot per second?
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Mar 2008, 23:15
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

See thread (Ameican investigates as 777 engine...

See thread (Ameican investigates as 777 engine fails to respond)
...American quotes engine hung up for 15 secs before responding
...Olaf Husted post #24 refers to possible compressor icing after...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Feb 2008, 22:53
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

High Angle of attack or highspeed stall has been...

High Angle of attack or highspeed stall has been known to cause engine surge, lack of acceleration or even blow out
...108 knots = high AofA
But 108 knots did not occur till well after the problem...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Feb 2008, 23:56
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

Jetdoc, You say you"cant imagine...

Jetdoc,
You say you"cant imagine anything going on prior to touchdown" before landing .I cant believe you fly.I`m talking about all the check list items ,many of which are done without a...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Feb 2008, 17:25
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

So if they might run on a pipe full of fuel for...

So if they might run on a pipe full of fuel for up to 2 minutes, what cockpit actions were taking place 2 mins before touchdown?Say around 1500ft?

Add ref post 422
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Feb 2008, 07:39
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

Was the autopilot an automatic disconnect, or did...

Was the autopilot an automatic disconnect, or did the pilot disconnect?
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Feb 2008, 23:42
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

As I remember the first AAIB report was said to...

As I remember the first AAIB report was said to have stated that the Captain after his initial debrief "Thought he had selected crossfeeds open" after the lack of engine response.
This would...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Feb 2008, 22:12
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

airfoilmod, ...I still dont follow you. ......

airfoilmod,
...I still dont follow you.
... Fall in pressure is accompanied by a fall in boiling point and an increase in evaporation (or even gassing) ,I presume youve made tea in the galley at...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Feb 2008, 19:37
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

Airfoilmod,,,,Please ask your friend Mr....

Airfoilmod,,,,Please ask your friend Mr. Bernoulli,surely the increased flow and pressure drop go together with a temperature drop and a fall in boiling point

Can a supercoold slushy fluid turn...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Feb 2008, 12:31
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,521
Posted By wilyflier

Possible , not impossible One centre tank...

Possible , not impossible

One centre tank water scavenge jet pump suffers poor flow due to 6 mm disc
Frozen water accumulates to be discharged at late stage of centre tank scavenge.
Hard ice...
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