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Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Feb 2015, 01:08
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,576
Posted By Coagie

The heaters don't fail. The pitots ice up, but...

The heaters don't fail. The pitots ice up, but the heater melts them usually within a minute. They get wet because of a storm at high altitude (usually the air is dry up there, but the storm pushes...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Feb 2015, 21:46
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,576
Posted By Coagie

Ian W, I knew a programmer who worked for a...

Ian W, I knew a programmer who worked for a company making smartcard compatible washing machines for laundromats. He was the go to guy, that the company sent software to, in order to get the bugs...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Feb 2015, 20:23
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,576
Posted By Coagie

That's what causes them to stop working. The...

That's what causes them to stop working. The "magic smoke" is let out. Sometimes a bigger fuse isn't the answer.
When it's not the computer,
and it's not a sensor or other input device,
it can be,...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Feb 2015, 16:42
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,576
Posted By Coagie

"If you mean when there is a significant failure...

"If you mean when there is a significant failure such that the AP drops out AND you get a control law degradation, then yes, a descent is advised. IIRC it is 4000' below the normal "Max Alt" to avoid...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Feb 2015, 15:30
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,576
Posted By Coagie

Maybe whenever control is turned over to the...

Maybe whenever control is turned over to the pilot from the computer, it should be treated similar to a loss of cabin pressure with the initial focus of the pilots being to get to a lower altitude,...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Feb 2015, 15:04
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,576
Posted By Coagie

I wonder if the copilot just happened to come...

I wonder if the copilot just happened to come upon a particularly bad spot of weather and executed a turn and climb to avoid it, and it just happened to be the moment when his protections were lost,...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Jan 2015, 18:10
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,576
Posted By Coagie

toffeez, I don't think either one of us...

toffeez,
I don't think either one of us indicated that PR people had any status or power over the lawyers, manufacturer, airline or anyone else. I did not write that the PR people would...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Jan 2015, 18:19
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,576
Posted By Coagie

Doubt Airbus would issue any document that could...

Doubt Airbus would issue any document that could be seen as an admission to any culpability in the crash any time soon, unless it was something that was likely to happen again very soon (like some...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Jan 2015, 20:22
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,576
Posted By Coagie

Maybe these leaks, that not only peak curiosity,...

Maybe these leaks, that not only peak curiosity, but fuel wild speculation, will motivate the Indonesians to release the FDR data and the CVR transcript sooner than they planned.

It's possible,...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Jan 2015, 15:04
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,576
Posted By Coagie

I read that the FO was flying at the time of the...

I read that the FO was flying at the time of the crash, but I also read that the Captain took over, when they started to climb. This mixes things up. Do they mean that the Captain held the stick back...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Jan 2015, 19:12
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,576
Posted By Coagie

"Coagie You aren't suggesting actual, all...

"Coagie

You aren't suggesting actual, all round air experience might even count towards the selection criterion now?? Goodness gracious me, what are you on?"

Sop_monkey,
It's the madness...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Jan 2015, 17:18
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,576
Posted By Coagie

I think how QZ8501 and AF447 got into stalls and...

I think how QZ8501 and AF447 got into stalls and attempted to recover will be different. The pilot flying in the AF447 crash, Bonin, makes it difficult to compare it to other air accidents. Reading...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Jan 2015, 20:29
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,576
Posted By Coagie

Are they trying to tow the fuselage to shallower...

Are they trying to tow the fuselage to shallower water maybe? It seems kind of large to put it on the deck. At first glance, I thought it was the HS, so it might have had enough room on the boat, but...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Jan 2015, 15:43
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,576
Posted By Coagie

That's what it looks like. The horizontal...

That's what it looks like. The horizontal stabilizer.
Things get heavy as they are pulled out of the water. That's why you need a net to pull a fish out of the water, without breaking your line, ...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Jan 2015, 22:05
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,576
Posted By Coagie

joema, I didn't mean to insinuate this is a...

joema,
I didn't mean to insinuate this is a new idea. I just wanted to give some understanding how the lab goes about it. In fact, they may use a purpose built CVR sound editing program, where...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Jan 2015, 19:24
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,576
Posted By Coagie

“The warning [alarms] kept on screaming, and in...

“The warning [alarms] kept on screaming, and in the background, they [the pilot and co-pilot] were trying to recover the plane,” said the crash investigator. “But what they said wasn’t clear,” the...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Jan 2015, 16:28
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,576
Posted By Coagie

How used to the local weather we're these pilots?...

How used to the local weather we're these pilots? On AF447, Bonin was spooked by St Elmo's Fire and the "Electrical Smell" from lightening. It was new to him. He'd never even heard of either...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Jan 2015, 18:14
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,576
Posted By Coagie

" In fact the most important step in spin...

" In fact the most important step in spin recovery for the F18A was to disconnect the FBW computers and go to direct electrical link. "

Of course, the point was, that the pilots of most airliners...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Jan 2015, 14:45
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,576
Posted By Coagie

Didn't need to train Homo Neanderthalis to move...

Didn't need to train Homo Neanderthalis to move the THS. It came naturally to them, but you think it's hard to find pilots that have much general aviation or military aviation experience, try finding...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Jan 2015, 21:51
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,576
Posted By Coagie

Captain Bob did a great recovery. Lucky he was at...

Captain Bob did a great recovery. Lucky he was at altitude. But, I'm sure if you give it a second thought, you'll remember that a jet's wings have to trade lift for less drag, so the slower aircraft...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Jan 2015, 20:09
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,576
Posted By Coagie

Although surviving an ocean ditching may be...

Although surviving an ocean ditching may be statistically low nowadays, the rafts, life jackets, etc are a bit of a throwback to when a survivable ocean ditching was quite possible. Back in the days...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Jan 2015, 02:44
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,576
Posted By Coagie

"THREE ships equipped with ping detector beacons...

"THREE ships equipped with ping detector beacons received pings from the same location," said Ridwan Djamaluddin, from the Agency for the Application of Technology, whose ship was involved in the...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Jan 2015, 00:16
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,470,576
Posted By Coagie

Someone mentioned earlier in the thread, that...

Someone mentioned earlier in the thread, that this crash seemed like the one where the Air New Zealand plane was coming off lease and was being checked, before being returned to Air New Zealand from...
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