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Forum: Tech Log

13th Jun 2011, 23:46

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AF447 Thread No. 3

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Posted By Smilin_Ed

Thanks Chris!

Yes, I did mean ABOVE the stall speed. I'm showing my age.

Forum: Tech Log

13th Jun 2011, 23:45

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AF447 Thread No. 3

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Posted By Smilin_Ed

Wiring CAN Fail

JD, no wiring installation is perfect. A minor imperfection hidden for years, when subjected to normal airframe vibrations, could break down without warning. We used to use soldered connections but...

Forum: Tech Log

13th Jun 2011, 23:21

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AF447 Thread No. 3

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Posted By Smilin_Ed

Do You Have A Dog In This Fight?

Dozy, if you were a pilot you would understand why I, and some other pilots, don't want the trim to change by itself when we are trying to fly the airplane by hand. Due to reasons which are not yet...

Forum: Tech Log

13th Jun 2011, 22:53

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AF447 Thread No. 3

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Posted By Smilin_Ed

Are You A Pilot?

Dozy:

Dozy, are you a pilot?

Forum: Tech Log

9th Jun 2011, 21:32

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AF447 Thread No. 3

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Posted By Smilin_Ed

Caution About AoA Indexer

Glad Rag, again, I need to caution everyone here who has not routinely flown AoA, AoA indications at approach speeds assist in quite precise pitch control, but not at cruise speeds because AoA...

Forum: Tech Log

8th Jun 2011, 22:56

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AF447 Thread No. 3

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Posted By Smilin_Ed

GIGO

gums:

And that's exactly why, when the confusers get so confused that they give up, they need to stop changing things like pitch trim. With garbage in, they will produce more garbage.

Forum: Tech Log

8th Jun 2011, 20:35

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AF447 Thread No. 3

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Posted By Smilin_Ed

Autotrim

Hi rudderrudderat:
In Post 1407 I wrote:

and I got beat up about it. I'm not wild about the idea of autotrim for the reasons that gums mentioned earlier and I still think that autotrim should...

Forum: Tech Log

7th Jun 2011, 00:31

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AF447 Thread No. 3

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Posted By Smilin_Ed

Does the FBW system know whether the symptoms of...

Does the FBW system know whether the symptoms of Unreliable Airspeed are caused by pitot tube failure (icing) or caused by ADIRU failure?

Forum: Tech Log

5th Jun 2011, 15:08

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AF447 Thread No. 3

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Posted By Smilin_Ed

BOAC:Fully agree! And number 2 is that when...

BOAC:Fully agree!

And number 2 is that when airspeed information, something that the flight control system relies on heavily, becomes unreliable, that autotrim of the THS should drop out with the...

Forum: Tech Log

4th Jun 2011, 23:15

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AF447 Thread No. 3

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Posted By Smilin_Ed

I See It That Way

You're not.

Forum: Tech Log

3rd Jun 2011, 00:01

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AF447 Thread No. 3

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Posted By Smilin_Ed

AoA Utility

As I have posted a couple of times before, AoA is highly useful at approach speeds (and in a stall situation) but not for maintaining a desired flight condition while in cruise. When encountering an...

Forum: Tech Log

2nd Jun 2011, 21:36

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AF447 Thread No. 3

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Posted By Smilin_Ed

No THS Position Indicator??

Do I understand correctly that there is no THS position indicator?

If not, we have a situation where the "system" trimmed the aircraft into a stall, something we learned early on not to do, and...

Forum: Tech Log

31st May 2011, 23:51

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AF447 Thread No. 3

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Posted By Smilin_Ed

Trim Controls

Do I understand this correctly:
1. Auto Trim continues to function even though the autopilot has disconnected?
2. There are no trim buttons on the sidesticks?

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