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Forum: Tech Log

30th Jun 2011, 20:46

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AF 447 Thread no. 4

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Posted By JD-EE

BOAC, "The system has trimmed my tail to the...

BOAC, "The system has trimmed my tail to the point where I may not be able to fly out of it."

The system includes the pilot. And it was direct pilot input that caused that trim setting to exist. I...

Forum: Tech Log

30th Jun 2011, 03:33

Replies: 1,069

AF 447 Thread no. 4

Views: 281,584

Posted By JD-EE

If your plane is not "level" that could lead to a...

If your plane is not "level" that could lead to a 1g through the butt accelerating auger in situation. (Although you'd be going gosh almighty fast pretty quickly.) Nose down and accelerating could...

Forum: Tech Log

30th Jun 2011, 02:42

Replies: 1,069

AF 447 Thread no. 4

Views: 281,584

Posted By JD-EE

RR_NDB, for all your asking for reasons for the...

RR_NDB, for all your asking for reasons for the pitot redundancy you surely don't think that the failure was in the pitots rather than the obvious common mode failure of the air itself, do you?

If...

Forum: Tech Log

30th Jun 2011, 01:56

Replies: 1,069

AF 447 Thread no. 4

Views: 281,584

Posted By JD-EE

(mumble) 1g (mumble) (mumble)

Grity, Gums, et al.

I presume you are using "1g" as a shorthand for 1g normal to the surface of the Earth, right?

If not I can see a pilot getting into trouble with an indicated 1g acceleration...

Forum: Tech Log

30th Jun 2011, 01:34

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AF 447 Thread no. 4

Views: 281,584

Posted By JD-EE

galaxy flyer, :sad: if it is so hard to fly...

galaxy flyer, :sad: if it is so hard to fly AirBus fly by wire because pilots learn to fly as God and the Wright Brothers intended then how on Earth do those who manage to transition to F18s, F16s,...

Forum: Tech Log

29th Jun 2011, 23:55

Replies: 1,069

AF 447 Thread no. 4

Views: 281,584

Posted By JD-EE

jcjeant, "BTW .. all Airbus accidents so far are...

jcjeant, "BTW .. all Airbus accidents so far are due to pilots errors."

And it seems nobody important enough is asking the obvious next question, "Why?"

Forum: Tech Log

29th Jun 2011, 23:45

Replies: 1,069

AF 447 Thread no. 4

Views: 281,584

Posted By JD-EE

InfrquentFlyer 789, "Clearly if above 30kft, we...

InfrquentFlyer 789, "Clearly if above 30kft, we shouldn't be needing a GPWS escape, so maybe disable it. Then what happens if the plane has dodgy altitude info ? Ah, but what's the probability of...

Forum: Tech Log

28th Jun 2011, 04:11

Replies: 1,069

AF 447 Thread no. 4

Views: 281,584

Posted By JD-EE

jcjeant, regarding short data recorders it'd be...

jcjeant, regarding short data recorders it'd be nice if the plane was also wired with a 256 gigabyte auxiliary solid state disk on the FDR and CVR that recorded simultaneously with the survivable...

Forum: Tech Log

28th Jun 2011, 04:06

Replies: 1,069

AF 447 Thread no. 4

Views: 281,584

Posted By JD-EE

Lonewolf 50, "If the aircraft "knows it is...

Lonewolf 50, "If the aircraft "knows it is stalled" but the pilots don't, what are your suggestions?"

If the aircraft is well enough instrumented to detect a stall (an AoS sensor we know it has)...

Forum: Tech Log

28th Jun 2011, 04:03

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AF 447 Thread no. 4

Views: 281,584

Posted By JD-EE

jcjeant, I have been on a plane when the pilot...

jcjeant, I have been on a plane when the pilot ordered the cabin crew to their seats and said there will be some heavy turbulence. So a simple "watch out" is not even severe turbulence as I've ridden...

Forum: Tech Log

24th Jun 2011, 23:55

Replies: 1,069

AF 447 Thread no. 4

Views: 281,584

Posted By JD-EE

I can't speak for others. I have, for myself,...

I can't speak for others. I have, for myself, figured that the pilots did some things which appear to be disastrously wrong. Now, they either both had a really bad hangover or other form of really...

Forum: Tech Log

19th Jun 2011, 16:09

Replies: 1,069

AF 447 Thread no. 4

Views: 281,584

Posted By JD-EE

Or consider something simple like Pavlovian...

Or consider something simple like Pavlovian conditioning. Mr. Optimistic gets this point in message 69 thread 4 (http://www.pprune.org/tech-log/454653-af-447-thread-no-4-a-4.html#post6518361).

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