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Forum: Tech Log
9th Mar 2013, 20:01
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Posted By TTex600

Assuming that he would take over, I think the...

Assuming that he would take over, I think the answer is yes. The pilot flying apparently didn't relinquish the controls to the PNF, I have to assume that he would have done so had the Captain been in...
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Oct 2012, 17:50
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Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

I don't expect the info to ever come out....

I don't expect the info to ever come out. Therefore, Que Sera Sera. I feel that I now know enough to deal with the "it flies like any other airplane" airplane when it quits flying like any other...
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Oct 2012, 16:38
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

Which is why I qualified with "most". I'm just...

Which is why I qualified with "most". I'm just tired of the spin coming from "most". It seems that "most" are missing the forest and focusing on individual pine needles. I guess it's time to go back...
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Oct 2012, 16:23
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

Lyman, the problem you face is simply that no one...

Lyman, the problem you face is simply that no one still participating in these discussions is interested in why the event occurred. Most everyone is either: defending a position, or defending a...
Forum: Tech Log
24th Sep 2012, 12:56
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

I'll agree with pitch and power and regular...

I'll agree with pitch and power and regular practice. Can't agree about the fly it like a conventional airplane, especially when things are abnormal. Auto trim for "g" and flight path make the airbus...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Sep 2012, 19:09
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

Thanks. On the 320, the SEC's don't have any...

Thanks. On the 320, the SEC's don't have any aileron input, that's my experience. I didn't mean to muddy the water. (I did look it up :-) )
Forum: Tech Log
21st Sep 2012, 19:04
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

There you go again. I never said that a...

There you go again.

I never said that a Diesel9 can't throw a crew into disarray. I was using the Diesel9 as an example of a raw data airplane that I've flown. I made the point that I too might...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Sep 2012, 18:55
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

There was no problem to solve. The automation...

There was no problem to solve. The automation knew it had a bad input and decided it could no longer fly the airplane. Why not tell the pilot which input was bad? Announcing an ADR problem is not...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Sep 2012, 11:18
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

Maybe if I post it twice, you'll read it the...

Maybe if I post it twice, you'll read it the second time.

We're talking about the information needed to fly the airplane, specifically to fly the airplane at that exact moment, not about the...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Sep 2012, 02:55
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

If the autopilot didn't have adequate info to fly...

If the autopilot didn't have adequate info to fly the airplane, what makes you think the pilot had any better?

It's easy to second guess from the rocking chair.

I would have second guessed...
Forum: Tech Log
18th Sep 2012, 15:00
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

The question is then, what will the aircraft...

The question is then, what will the aircraft control response be with only spoilers for roll control? Or do the SEC's give aileron control in the 330? I confess, I've gotten lazy and haven't looked...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Sep 2012, 14:27
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

Dam#%# , I wish I'd written that. EXCELLENT,...

Dam#%# , I wish I'd written that. EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT point Sir!

The best I ever came up with is that the bus helps me doing things that I can do well already, but is of little use when things...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Sep 2012, 00:55
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

Sitting in the front with: theoretical knowledge,...

Sitting in the front with: theoretical knowledge, actual knowledge, training, and experience in multiple transport category aircraft....... I think that your fear is unfounded.

The fact that...
Forum: Tech Log
11th Sep 2012, 18:39
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

I concur. But as far as my input into this...

I concur. But as far as my input into this discussion goes, you and almost everyone else is failing to see my point. We're seeing the trees and missing the forest.

I am not asking for the...
Forum: Tech Log
11th Sep 2012, 02:19
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

Lyman, Im not certain what you are asking. In my...

Lyman, Im not certain what you are asking. In my opinion, NAVADR is insufficient because it points to NAV. NAV might make perfect sense to the engineer who designed the systems, but to a pilot - NAV...
Forum: Tech Log
10th Sep 2012, 21:05
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

Maybe the ECAM should be, "AUTOFLT A/P...

Maybe the ECAM should be,

"AUTOFLT A/P Disconnect - Pitot/Static Anomaly - Consider UAS Procedure"
Forum: Tech Log
10th Sep 2012, 20:23
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

I can see where a non pilot would think so. ...

I can see where a non pilot would think so.

One must know the Airbus UAS procedure in order for the kind of ECAM I suggest to make sense. The ECAM could say that, it could just use GUMS's words...
Forum: Tech Log
9th Sep 2012, 00:30
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

I'm not asking for the machine to tell me how to...

I'm not asking for the machine to tell me how to fly the airplane. I'm asking for the machine to tell me why it gave up and gave control to me!

If ECAM can tell me to consider Unreliable Speed...
Forum: Tech Log
8th Sep 2012, 15:33
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

Bubbers, by your criteria, they would have...

Bubbers, by your criteria, they would have pranged it in for their first landing. But they obviously did not.

Do you have anything else?
Forum: Tech Log
7th Sep 2012, 21:10
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

You're admitting that the systems can work out a...

You're admitting that the systems can work out a problem. ( which is btw, self evident in the AP AT disconnect).

I only want to know why ECAM can't use that conclusion to display " consider...
Forum: Tech Log
7th Sep 2012, 16:19
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

What told the AP and AT to disconnect?

What told the AP and AT to disconnect?
Forum: Tech Log
5th Sep 2012, 19:49
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

Doesn't really matter. If the system can sense a...

Doesn't really matter. If the system can sense a pitot problem, would it not be prudent to suggest the UAS procedure? Remember, the UAS procedure does not demand action as long as safety of flight...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Sep 2012, 17:36
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

Slight change of direction. On the 320, an...

Slight change of direction.

On the 320, an ECAM Instructing the pilots to perform UAS procedures is displayed after a pitot failure.

If the system can come to that logical conclusion, could...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Sep 2012, 20:00
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

Excellent discussion. A question if I may. ...

Excellent discussion.

A question if I may.

If after years and thousands of point counterpoint, an internet group of obviously intelligent/knowledgable people don't understand just how the...
Forum: Tech Log
27th Aug 2012, 16:16
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

It is virtually impossible to understand how an...

It is virtually impossible to understand how an Airbus flies when all you have for training material is FCOM's - and when the first rule says an Airbus flies like any other airplane.
Forum: Tech Log
25th Aug 2012, 16:37
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

I've slept at least once since writing about poor...

I've slept at least once since writing about poor technique, and I'm in a bit of a hurry at present. With that said, "Mayonnaise" differs from the "slap the stick" method to which I refer. Mayo would...
Forum: Tech Log
25th Aug 2012, 16:25
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

That would depend on how the airplane arrived at...

That would depend on how the airplane arrived at Direct Law. If it goes direct because of compounded flight control computer failure, you are left with reduced control surfaces and the aircraft...
Forum: Tech Log
25th Aug 2012, 16:20
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

Agreed, with the addition that the AirBus...

Agreed, with the addition that the AirBus integrated FlightDirector/AutoThrust system REQUIRES one to follow the FD's otherwise the AutoThrust becomes confused. This characteristic, that is Airbus...
Forum: Tech Log
24th Aug 2012, 18:57
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

Maybe your sim instructor know tricks mine does...

Maybe your sim instructor know tricks mine does not, but an Airbus MIA A320 Simulator with only one ELAC/SEC/FAC on handles like a truck with malfunctioning power steering and broken dampers.

The...
Forum: Tech Log
24th Aug 2012, 18:49
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

I'm probably in over my head here, maybe you guys...

I'm probably in over my head here, maybe you guys are talking about some deeper issue, but....

I never tried to stall a transport category jet above 17500ft, so I must speculate, but I think you...
Forum: Tech Log
23rd Aug 2012, 22:17
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

jc, considering where the AF447 Capt reentered...

jc, considering where the AF447 Capt reentered the picture, I doubt that he was looking at SS movement. However, I think it possible had he thought it necessary. I'd guess that he was overwhelmed...
Forum: Tech Log
23rd Aug 2012, 17:14
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

The interesting thing is: Airbus fans think that...

The interesting thing is: Airbus fans think that the Airbus does allow them to "fly the plane without thinking" and I think that the Airbus requires me to think about flying instead of "flying...
Forum: Tech Log
23rd Aug 2012, 01:11
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

Wow :mad: As I understand it, it was the...

Wow :mad:


As I understand it, it was the paper map that was in error, listing Rozo (the correct waypoint) as "R", when it should have been "ROZO". What the AA965 crew did was type in "R", which...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Aug 2012, 20:51
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

They should have been - continuous trim motion in...

They should have been - continuous trim motion in the FBW Airbus design is a given in Normal and Alternate laws.


Because the trim is more-or-less constantly in motion, it would quickly become a...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Aug 2012, 20:39
Replies: 1,064
Views: 184,443
Posted By TTex600

Appears correct to me. Agreed. If...

Appears correct to me. Agreed.



If you're a troll, you and I aren't the only ones. I personally need the airplane to be safe and controllable. It isn't my aim to find the airframe guilty, and...
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