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Forum: Tech Log

30th May 2011, 14:43

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AF447 Thread No. 3

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Posted By davionics

skirtz - first post was a stellar post, I...

skirtz - first post was a stellar post, I couldn't have said it better.

It does appear to me that these pilots may've been deceived naturally believing that their flight path was not that of a...

Forum: Tech Log

28th May 2011, 13:37

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AF447 Thread No. 3

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Posted By davionics

spagiola: I think that would work (in a brief...

spagiola: I think that would work (in a brief sensor fault condition), but estimated values degrade with elapsed time and environmental transcients as you say - wouldn't it just be better to be able...

Forum: Tech Log

28th May 2011, 13:13

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AF447 Thread No. 3

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Posted By davionics

Zorin_75: From an engineering perspective;...

Zorin_75: From an engineering perspective; invalid (faulty) air data from non- design-redundant sensors appear to be the weakest link imho, triggering a cascade of errors thereafter.

Band-aid,...

Forum: Tech Log

28th May 2011, 12:02

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AF447 Thread No. 3

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Posted By davionics

I grossly over simplified, but sometimes 'simple'...

I grossly over simplified, but sometimes 'simple' provides us the best analogy - fluid mechanics aside. As the last resort option (beyond having desirable sensor redundancy etc), GPS or INS could...

Forum: Tech Log

28th May 2011, 11:27

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AF447 Thread No. 3

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Posted By davionics

peplum: The pitot-static system provides Air...

peplum: The pitot-static system provides Air Data, relative to the medium which the aircraft flies in, unlike the other sources you listed. An analogy; think of a boat on a river - if the river is...

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