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Forum: Tech Log
2nd Jul 2011, 23:14
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,583
Posted By Smilin_Ed

Autorim

Good question. I wouldn't. Do we know that the stick was "hard back"? Not yet anyway.



Not necessarily. I believe that they forgot, or never really knew, that back stick would trim them up into...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Jul 2011, 21:58
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,583
Posted By Smilin_Ed

Trim System Factor

Dozy: I agree that they didn't factor the trim system into their troubleshooting.

Because the trim system (following the sidestick input) held the nose up and kept the Angle of Attack in the stall...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Jul 2011, 20:25
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,583
Posted By Smilin_Ed

Making the aircraft more easily hand flyable by...

Making the aircraft more easily hand flyable by the typical pilot, training him, and requiring him practice it would remove one of the holey pieces of cheese.
Forum: Tech Log
30th Jun 2011, 20:18
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,583
Posted By Smilin_Ed

What would the average competent pilot do here?

A competent pilot driving in darkness toward known convective activity would have his eyes glued to the attitude indicator and occasionally cross check other indicators. As soon as the autopilot...
Forum: Tech Log
30th Jun 2011, 19:46
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,583
Posted By Smilin_Ed

What I know about FBW I have learned from PPRuNe....

What I know about FBW I have learned from PPRuNe. Whenever there is a discussion about a problem with flight control systems, it always seems to be about A and not B.:confused:
Forum: Tech Log
26th Jun 2011, 23:51
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,583
Posted By Smilin_Ed

"unrestricted" vs "full manual" ?

@AZR:

OK, AZR, I yield to your semantics.

But I hope the pilots did not really intended for the trim to go full nose up. I don't like to use the word panic to describe the situation but things...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Jun 2011, 22:14
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,583
Posted By Smilin_Ed

@Dozy: As I have said before, there is not...

@Dozy: As I have said before, there is not necessarily only one cause of this accident. It appears to me that both the pilots and the aircraft have shown some deficiencies. Ascribing some of the...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Jun 2011, 15:18
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,583
Posted By Smilin_Ed

AZR: Except, in this case, they didn't have...

AZR:

Except, in this case, they didn't have unrestricted control. The flight control system kept changing the pitch trim. While this was result of an inexplicable nose-up command on the side...
Forum: Tech Log
24th Jun 2011, 20:21
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,583
Posted By Smilin_Ed

Human Factors vs. Man/Machine Interface

They are part of the same thing. If the man/machine interface is not adequate, the human pilot can't fly it properly.
Forum: Tech Log
23rd Jun 2011, 16:44
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,583
Posted By Smilin_Ed

You Can't Separate Human Factors From Aircraft Design

@Old Carthusian: Human factors are an integral part of aircraft design.

Manufacturers build an aircraft and then publish initial procedures according to how they believe it should be operated,...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Jun 2011, 20:19
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,583
Posted By Smilin_Ed

What gums Didn't Say

Gums didn't say that aircraft design was the only cause of this accident. What he didn't say is that several other factors will be found;

1. Pilot training factors
2. Supervisory factors
3....
Forum: Tech Log
17th Jun 2011, 16:58
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,583
Posted By Smilin_Ed

Return Of Reliable Airspeed

LW50:

When all of your speed indications are again the same and are consistent with the pitch and power that you have been flying to prevent upset.
Forum: Tech Log
16th Jun 2011, 22:01
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,583
Posted By Smilin_Ed

Drogue Chutes

Many aircraft, B-47, B-52, and F-4 come to mind, had no extensive problems with uncommanded deployment but they had specific reasons for having them installed. For the F-4, with the introduction of...
Forum: Tech Log
16th Jun 2011, 21:36
Replies: 1,069
Views: 281,583
Posted By Smilin_Ed

Not A Stall????

Bear, is that "mush" not a stall? :confused:
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