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Forum: Tech Log
13th Aug 2011, 01:10
Replies: 1,998
Views: 507,725
Posted By Linktrained

JD-EE One limitation of automated cars at...

JD-EE

One limitation of automated cars at present is that they may see and avoid a ball coming from in front of a parked car - but not anticipate that the ball may be followed by a child, as yet...
Forum: Tech Log
7th Aug 2011, 13:41
Replies: 1,998
Views: 507,725
Posted By Linktrained

It WAS... Wait for it... B ! Engineers...

It WAS... Wait for it... B !

Engineers can wave reports like BEA's in front of their favourite bean counters and ask how much has been budgeted for any Legal costs should we be mentioned,...
Forum: Tech Log
7th Aug 2011, 12:02
Replies: 1,998
Views: 507,725
Posted By Linktrained

Marketing and performance

Old Engineer #1701 wrote:
" Once the aircraft is sold rewriting of software doesn't contribute anything to the making of that sale." True enough, if that is the only sale that you as a...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Aug 2011, 12:45
Replies: 1,998
Views: 507,725
Posted By Linktrained

Gums and JD-EE

Asymeteric Thrust

Other old(er) Dinosaurs than Gums might recall that the HP42's top two engines needed careful handling on the ground. The tail wheel could lift, unexpectedly.

JD-EE reminds...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Aug 2011, 00:17
Replies: 1,998
Views: 507,725
Posted By Linktrained

The first fully automatic trans Atlantic flight...

The first fully automatic trans Atlantic flight was from Newfoundland to Brize Norton, UK, in September 1947 by a C54.

The idea has not caught on yet ! The flight was from runway to runway,...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Aug 2011, 00:27
Replies: 1,998
Views: 507,725
Posted By Linktrained

....So IF PF had not "felt very high speed..."...

....So IF PF had not "felt very high speed..." and could have left his power off for a bit longer (30 seconds, say ?)... Who knows ...
Forum: Tech Log
31st Jul 2011, 22:35
Replies: 1,998
Views: 507,725
Posted By Linktrained

Some pages back I had asked abut the effect of...

Some pages back I had asked abut the effect of thrust from under-slung engines. I was informed that an increase in thrust tended to pitch the aircraft's nose up.
Would I be correct, then, in...
Forum: Tech Log
30th Jul 2011, 17:44
Replies: 1,998
Views: 507,725
Posted By Linktrained

It would appear that both PF and PNF may not...

It would appear that both PF and PNF may not have been scanning their instrument panels. When the Captain returned he was not briefed ( in time ) to take positive action.
A light showing that...
Forum: Tech Log
27th Jul 2011, 13:44
Replies: 1,998
Views: 507,725
Posted By Linktrained

Hand flying

andianjul

From the responses that I have had, so far, " not if I can avoid it."
Some earlier generation training aircraft had the throttle in the left and stick in the right hand - others had...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Jul 2011, 16:33
Replies: 1,998
Views: 507,725
Posted By Linktrained

What is the effect of increasing thrust with...

What is the effect of increasing thrust with underslung engines on the uncorrected pitch of an aircraft ?
Forum: Tech Log
24th Jul 2011, 23:52
Replies: 1,998
Views: 507,725
Posted By Linktrained

Cbs

When sitting my F/Nav. examination, one of the questions was " You are the Chief Navigator of a Trans Atlantic Airline. What radio equipment would you require and why?"
I specified pretty well...
Forum: Tech Log
24th Jul 2011, 18:35
Replies: 1,998
Views: 507,725
Posted By Linktrained

And now we need to find out why

From my age and name you can see that I probably lack any special knowledge of modern techniques or -ologies. However..

A Royal Flying Corps pilot was told " not to fly too high or too fast" and...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Jul 2011, 13:34
Replies: 1,998
Views: 507,725
Posted By Linktrained

Takata Thank you for making clear to me the...

Takata

Thank you for making clear to me the lack of movement of the THS in this, the initial phase.

I made no suggestion about " blind flying" but I assumed that some at least of the relevant...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Jul 2011, 11:33
Replies: 1,998
Views: 507,725
Posted By Linktrained

TAKATA #565 So for a few seconds PNF...

TAKATA #565

So for a few seconds PNF was busy - doing what ever was necessary.
And PF was flying by SS, using those instruments without warning flags etc.
No one had the spare ability to...
Forum: Tech Log
19th Jul 2011, 00:31
Replies: 1,998
Views: 507,725
Posted By Linktrained

WileyB Eddie Richenbacher stressed...

WileyB

Eddie Richenbacher stressed "Reliability" of air transport back in the 1930s. His backers understood that this had to include the then new technologies, Radio Range etc. Others...
Forum: Tech Log
18th Jul 2011, 00:04
Replies: 1,998
Views: 507,725
Posted By Linktrained

3holelover #407 To add to your concerns as...

3holelover #407

To add to your concerns as PF... When did you last hand fly, using a SS at cruising level ?

An earlier entry from a Captain said that he had asked a number of F.O.s to look...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Jul 2011, 15:07
Replies: 1,998
Views: 507,725
Posted By Linktrained

Fuel transfer

CONFiture

How much of an aircraft's flying is done with the Trim Tank "inoperative"?
Is it a Return to Base item, or does it need a Major Check, somewhere, to be fitted into a schedule before...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Jul 2011, 14:03
Replies: 1,998
Views: 507,725
Posted By Linktrained

Multiplication

Takata

Thank you for working it out... It was beyond both my Jeppeson and my Dalton. Both of them overheated.
Each aircraft might have a Working Life of ( x ) Years, too.
Forum: Tech Log
17th Jul 2011, 11:09
Replies: 1,998
Views: 507,725
Posted By Linktrained

Cof G

Takata #393

Thank you for the information.

In an earlier post I had mentioned that when hand flying a York as F/O in the 1950s, that when the Captain went back to the toilet, I was able...
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