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Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Feb 2016, 00:04
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

Not really. On the Turkish B737: What do you...

Not really.
On the Turkish B737:
What do you expect to happen when the autothrottles pull the throttles to idle on an above the glideslope approach-but not for the reason you would expect.

By...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Feb 2016, 21:31
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

Heck YES, given the same initial conditions as...

Heck YES, given the same initial conditions as the XL Airways A320.
They are aircraft that have been designed and tested to recover.

Even the XL airways recovered from the stall nicely only to...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Feb 2016, 18:21
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

Quote: Air...

Quote:
Air New Zealand Airbus crash in the Mediterranean (Perpignan) 2008, seasoned German & NZ crew, including engineers, no one understood, until too late. ...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Feb 2016, 18:26
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

avionimc I am concerned that the long term...

avionimc
I am concerned that the long term understanding of the QZ8501 accident will be, "They were just conducting unauthorized inflight troubleshooting."
That was definitely a factor in the...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Dec 2015, 16:36
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

Response To Danger

I think have found some potentially useful psychological information that relates to the human response to danger. How, Why We React To Danger As We Do - tribunedigital-sunsentinel...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Dec 2015, 22:52
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

EMIT, This old Phantom Phlyer used his rudder...

EMIT,
This old Phantom Phlyer used his rudder shaker to good advantage in the busy traffic pattern around his aircraft carrier. It was one of two signals telling him to add power after pulling...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Dec 2015, 20:42
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

ExV238, I'm just one of the guys, and I don't...

ExV238, I'm just one of the guys, and I don't take offense easily so do not worry about an adverse reaction. Just speak your piece and don't hold back.

First, to be absolutely clear, I am a...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Dec 2015, 01:22
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

So what disoriented the AirAsia FO? It appears...

So what disoriented the AirAsia FO? It appears to have been the high roll rates he encountered and the unnoticed entry into the initial bank. If those had not happened and he had started flying...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Dec 2015, 01:03
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

Wiggy, funny you should mention the Physics and...

Wiggy, funny you should mention the Physics and the Fortran 4. I did the same thing, except being older, I did the Physics first and went back for the Fortran 4 ten years later. Anyhow, are you...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Dec 2015, 21:15
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

First let me make clear that Alternate Law-Roll...

First let me make clear that Alternate Law-Roll Direct is a specific type of Alternate Law where pitch is a C* law with reduced or no protections and roll is a direct law where aileron deflection is...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Dec 2015, 20:13
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

One of my instrument instructor's favorite tricks...

One of my instrument instructor's favorite tricks was to tell you to look down at your lap while he roughly maneuvered the aircraft, freezing the attitude indicator in a near upright position, then...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Dec 2015, 17:47
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

Peekay, If we have pilots flying who when...

Peekay, If we have pilots flying who when stressed, revert to that simplistic mode of thinking, then we have unqualified pilots flying aircraft! Period.

I graduated from the USN fast jet school of...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Dec 2015, 04:50
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

peekay4, reaction to what? Break it down to its...

peekay4, reaction to what?
Break it down to its elements.
What is the pilot reacting to that causes the "pull back" reflex?
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Dec 2015, 04:44
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

Well, the first (XL) crash was more of a mouse...

Well, the first (XL) crash was more of a mouse trap where defective AOA data allowed the aircraft to slow to a stall (trimming as it went) and then at the stall, dropped into a mode that required...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Dec 2015, 13:49
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

While I understand and would like to see the...

While I understand and would like to see the above made a universal requirement, I don't think that is as easy to universally implement as is necessary.

What might be a great help would be some...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Dec 2015, 02:45
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

I've been a bit slow in reading the full accident...

I've been a bit slow in reading the full accident report and analyzing the parameters provided, too much other stuff going on in life.

The commonality with the loss of control that occurred in...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Dec 2015, 03:37
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

Actually No! Boeings do not have alternate law...

Actually No!
Boeings do not have alternate law with all of the ramifications of a poorly announced change of flight law that adds to the surprise factor.

Maybe Alternate law needs some rethinking...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Nov 2015, 18:19
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

QZ8501 WARMUP

We must be getting close. The local news is in anticipation of the accident report:
AirAsia QZ8501 crash findings expected on Tuesday - Channel NewsAsia...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Nov 2015, 16:39
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

Great.:rolleyes: Another sound that the pilot...

Great.:rolleyes:
Another sound that the pilot has to respond to immediately, probably under conditions of great stress.:mad:
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Nov 2015, 15:42
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

Observance of the independence of the...

Observance of the independence of the investigation will be the key to the quality of the investigation. The longer these things take to publish, the more I worry about special interests having a...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Oct 2015, 13:21
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

Looks like they are taking it down to the wire. ...

Looks like they are taking it down to the wire.
Nothing here yet:
NTSC (http://kemhubri.dephub.go.id/knkt/ntsc_home/ntsc.htm)
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Sep 2015, 16:39
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

ICAO PROCEDURES

Assuming that the NTSC published their Draft accident report to the comment chain at the end of August, then there is a 60 day comment period. The comments would then be incorporated into the final...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Sep 2015, 14:37
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

??????

Maybe a misuse of the term 'released'.

Perhaps it has been signed and distributed for comment, but until it is officially published and made generally available, I don't think we can call it...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Aug 2015, 14:58
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

FBW just means how the control surfaces are...

FBW just means how the control surfaces are controlled, i.e. no direct physical link.
The important detail is how the particular flight control law is implemented!
If an aircraft abruptly changes...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Jul 2015, 17:39
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

Clandestino, As recall, the protections reside...

Clandestino,
As recall, the protections reside in the FACs, and when you pull the C/Bs, you disable the protections and drop to Alternate law.
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Jul 2015, 16:36
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

Centaurus, With the circuit breaker cycling...

Centaurus,
With the circuit breaker cycling event pretty nearly fully out of the bag, I can envision a situation where the PF was looking over his shoulder at the Captain playing with the breakers...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Jul 2015, 20:29
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

Ali Sadikin Sounds like a bit of inside...

Ali Sadikin
Sounds like a bit of inside information.
The official report is due in August according to the last statements by the authorities on the subject.

All the weather tap dancing in the...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th May 2015, 19:36
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

Acknowledging that the source of the comment may...

Acknowledging that the source of the comment may only be rumor, It will be interesting to see whether we may be seeing another instance of roll PIO.

Yes, time will tell. Will the data really be...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Mar 2015, 18:41
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

That is a rather large chunk of wing. That...

That is a rather large chunk of wing. That supports the concept of a rather low velocity water entry.

Can anyone verify which wing it is? The fuselage seemed to indicate a slightly left wing...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Feb 2015, 13:59
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

Another technique that may be useful is rocking...

Another technique that may be useful is rocking the plane out of a stall. Sort of like rocking your car out of a slippery spot. But first, get that THS trimmed down toward a ~300 knot setting. You...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Feb 2015, 02:11
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

Yaw rates in a stalled jet aircraft are extremely...

Yaw rates in a stalled jet aircraft are extremely hazardous. Just asking for a spin.:{
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Feb 2015, 18:02
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

Maybe the Indonesian KNKT/NTSC is scratching...

Maybe the Indonesian KNKT/NTSC is scratching their heads still over how the wobbly flight path initially observed relates to the later loss of control in the vertical direction.:hmm:
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Feb 2015, 19:11
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

Quote: ...

Quote:
Perhaps all that is needed is... automatics sensing approach to stall .... as the aircraft approaches stall the THS could stop trimming nose up ...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Feb 2015, 18:25
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

Yep, I agree. You would ideally like to dial in...

Yep, I agree. You would ideally like to dial in a 300 knot trim setting, and only if you absolutely needed it to break a stall would you go to a lower trim setting. But them you better have PNF...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Feb 2015, 04:23
Replies: 3,923
Views: 4,469,263
Posted By Machinbird

Having spent a number of years closely associated...

Having spent a number of years closely associated with Naval Aviation maintenance on what are now ancient aircraft the following observations may be relevant.
The worst troubleshooting problems tend...
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