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Forum: Tech Log
5th Jul 2012, 05:02
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

Thanks to Hazelnuts recently passing a link to...

Thanks to Hazelnuts recently passing a link to the engauge digitizing software, I have finally been able to perform roll behavior analysis on the initial movements of AF447. Admitted that this is...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Jul 2012, 02:17
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

A Small Peek at The BEA Report

The majority of you must have missed this since there was a distraction about pitch control.:) You would be talking about it otherwise.

In post 1453, A33Zab posted the content of a Flight Global...
Forum: Tech Log
28th Jun 2012, 23:43
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

That sounds like a data reduction problem with...

That sounds like a data reduction problem with the original data to me. Something likely caused a delay artifact in the side stick position data.
Forum: Tech Log
25th Jun 2012, 11:54
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

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Forum: Tech Log
24th Jun 2012, 22:11
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

OK, that will work in French airliners. What...

OK, that will work in French airliners. What will the English speaking crowd get?:}:E

Seriously, with guys flying intercontinental routes and bagging only 5-7 hours of actual stick time a year,...
Forum: Tech Log
24th Jun 2012, 14:31
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

AF447's crew needed to have their attention drawn...

AF447's crew needed to have their attention drawn initially to their altitude and then to their pitch attitude. Later, they needed to understand their angle of attack, and finally they needed to...
Forum: Tech Log
23rd Jun 2012, 19:18
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

We will have to categorize the AF447 crew as...

We will have to categorize the AF447 crew as having evolved into the new generation of automation dependent pilots, no matter what their original background was.

When things went ugly that...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Jun 2012, 16:38
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

Bubbers, you would not have any trouble with day...

Bubbers, you would not have any trouble with day aircraft carrier qualifications.:ok: Did you also fly in at night?
Forum: Tech Log
17th Jun 2012, 02:41
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

The most interesting part of the Rosay interview...

The most interesting part of the Rosay interview was this:
I read this as: When one loses the speed indications in cruise do nothing (except keep the aircraft trucking on down the line.) It doesn't...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Jun 2012, 01:03
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

From the BEA report on the Tarom incident: It...

From the BEA report on the Tarom incident:
It occurs to me that the Captain may have been momentarily uncertain of the direction to the nearest horizon. They were 60 degrees nose up after all.:eek:...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Jun 2012, 00:28
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

Originally Posted by OK 465 ...

Originally Posted by OK 465
So when the FD's returned, there was no visual indication of VSW, i.e. no real good visual indication of stall...
Forum: Tech Log
11th Jun 2012, 04:25
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

Quote: ...

Quote:
Originally Posted by Machinbird
Hey Clandestino, we are talking about...
Forum: Tech Log
11th Jun 2012, 03:32
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

ALF posted a link to a very appropriate paper. ...

ALF posted a link to a very appropriate paper. The gist of it is in 3 key paragraphss.



I can see AF447 as Situation Assessment error leading to a Course of Action error (Creative). The...
Forum: Tech Log
8th Jun 2012, 05:45
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

This was standard fare when I went through as a...

This was standard fare when I went through as a student and much later when I instructed in the Navy advanced jet program. We called the exercises Basic Instrument exercises because they formed the...
Forum: Tech Log
8th Jun 2012, 03:23
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

One thing that demonstrably took much of PF's...

One thing that demonstrably took much of PF's attention during the first 35 seconds after the AP drop was the very significant roll oscillation and the method used by PF to control the oscillation....
Forum: Tech Log
7th Jun 2012, 03:15
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

John, that seems eminently prudent. As a...

John, that seems eminently prudent.

As a former military aviator, there are large holes in my understanding of how the airline side of the world goes about its business.:O I try to constrain...
Forum: Tech Log
7th Jun 2012, 02:32
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

Lyman, if you were in charge of the AF safety...

Lyman, if you were in charge of the AF safety program, and AF447 had not yet happened, what would your basis be for grounding the entire fleet of A330 aircraft until the pitot probes were changed...
Forum: Tech Log
7th Jun 2012, 01:24
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

Quote: ...

Quote:
Originally Posted by Machinbird
Meanwhile, the aircraft has been in a ...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Jun 2012, 13:31
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

I am not ready to declare the AF447 crew to be...

I am not ready to declare the AF447 crew to be incompetent, only their performance as incompetent. I can understand being a bit brain dead at 2AM.
(Seems to happens to me at work at 2AM routinely...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Jun 2012, 21:30
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

grity, For springs not operating in the yield...

grity, For springs not operating in the yield range, the lifetime is very long, in the millions of operations. For a dual failure under this condition, the probabilities suggest that the first...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Jun 2012, 15:26
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

C-star for dummies

HN39 an excellent presentation of how the AF447 crew lost all their energy before the stall. Not as a concentrated pull up, but as an additive process with a nose up bias.

Another indication of a...
Forum: Tech Log
4th Jun 2012, 04:30
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

Hi PJ2. I am assuming this statement was not...

Hi PJ2. I am assuming this statement was not directed at my previous posting but as a general caution to those who would analyze accidents. I have a copy of Mr. Dekker's field guide in my library....
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Jun 2012, 20:05
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

Backdrive of SS and Human factors.

Should it be deemed necessary, it is very likely that an electronic backdrive of a not in use sidestick could be done within the space available. Of course, the interpreting software would need...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Jun 2012, 05:59
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

jcjeant It appears to be a misinterpretation...

jcjeant
It appears to be a misinterpretation IMHO. Anything that has the effect of bringing an an aircraft above its ceiling is potentially very hazardous. Meanwhile, the aircraft has been in a...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Jun 2012, 01:59
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

My French is terrible, but what does the short...

My French is terrible, but what does the short sentence at the top of the procedure posted by Flyinheavy say? It seems to indicate that if the conduct of the flight is endangered then.........
If...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Jun 2012, 16:36
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

Lyman, One profession that specializes in...

Lyman,
One profession that specializes in hindsight bias is the Law profession, particularly tort law.
I believe you have more than passing familiarity with that profession.:rolleyes:

I would...
Forum: Tech Log
30th May 2012, 02:05
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

PJ2, Bubbers, OK465, and many other old hands who...

PJ2, Bubbers, OK465, and many other old hands who actually used to be proficient in hand flying are now retired. The newer pilots have few opportunities to hand fly their aircraft and operate mostly...
Forum: Tech Log
29th May 2012, 07:02
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

MM43 The Ironies of Automation paper gives us a...

MM43 The Ironies of Automation paper gives us a reason that the crew of AF447 did such a poor job. Aircraft handling (aviate) used to be our primary job with navigation and communication as...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd May 2012, 01:45
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

In my opinion it is. We have enough time in the...

In my opinion it is. We have enough time in the air to do all sorts of useful training. We just have to figure out how to accomplish the training given our operational constraints.
...
Forum: Tech Log
21st May 2012, 05:40
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

Houston, I think we have a problem!

This really isn't news fresh off the presses, but the the incident mentioned in the thread "An other AF 447 avoided?" over in Rumours & News has resulted in a BEA report on the incident. For those...
Forum: Tech Log
20th May 2012, 05:12
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

Not my airplane, but the following represents my...

Not my airplane, but the following represents my thoughts on how the AF447 crew got so far out of sync with the aircraft.

Normal Law-makes sense
Alt 1 Law-graceful degradation, but the risk is...
Forum: Tech Log
7th May 2012, 05:00
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

Before there was loss of situational awareness of...

Before there was loss of situational awareness of nose attitude, there was loss of situational awareness of altitude.

It is unimaginable to me that anyone who thinks they are a competent IFR...
Forum: Tech Log
7th May 2012, 04:41
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

Reason for the right turn after the stall

I've been dinking around with this and here is what I've come up with on the right turn after the stall (after all, why not a left turn?)

First, there was no "uncovered setting of the rudder trim...
Forum: Tech Log
30th Apr 2012, 03:44
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

Owain Glyndwr That seems to be a pretty good...

Owain Glyndwr
That seems to be a pretty good answer (Once I figured out that centering the ball is a form of turn coordination-even if flying straight and level.:O) And yes, you do not need much...
Forum: Tech Log
29th Apr 2012, 17:55
Replies: 1,550
Views: 304,317
Posted By Machinbird

In the old days before automation, we pilots were...

In the old days before automation, we pilots were confronted with a bunch of steam gages, one of which was the old needle-ball indicator. Ny is the analog of the old ball indicator. The rule was...
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