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Forum: Rumours & News
27th May 2014, 19:10
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

It's infuriating how coy the Malaysians are being...

It's infuriating how coy the Malaysians are being about the plane's PSR altitude profile after the transponder datastream stopped. This information is so critical to understanding what may have...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th May 2014, 04:32
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

Subwoofers on ULBs

As was mentioned somewhere way back lower frequency sounds require bigger speakers. A "subwoofer" pinger assembly would almost certainly not meet ULB ruggedness criteria due to the physics of scale....
Forum: Rumours & News
9th May 2014, 01:54
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

Marine animal acoustic tracking tag pings mistaken for ULBs?

Acoustic tags that transmit pings from 30 khz to 50 khz are used to track various species of large marine animals (i.e., sharks, whales, sea turtles, tuna, seals, etc). The ping interval is typically...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st May 2014, 16:09
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

It's Malaysia Airlines (not Malaysian Airlines)

It's not exactly confidence inspiring when the front page (https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1151155-mh370-preliminary-report.html) of a government report misspells the name of the flag carrier.
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Apr 2014, 00:14
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

Aren't the engine pylons attached to the wing...

Aren't the engine pylons attached to the wing with shear bolts to allow them to break away at impact?
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Apr 2014, 20:46
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

Does the satcom firmware command an updated...

Does the satcom firmware command an updated handshake with the satellite whenever there is a significant bearing change? I've seen it reported that the antenna was low gain (omnidirectional?) and...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Apr 2014, 14:13
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

Sea state, character and winds on March 8?

What were the sea state and wind conditions of the current underwater search area on the morning of March 8? Anybody know where to google this?
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2014, 21:16
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

[/QUOTE] Actually, it was more of a tautology...

[/QUOTE]
Actually, it was more of a tautology ;)

My original point was that the Malaysian perceived threat of a terrorist attack of any sort was low. And an airborne attack on the Petronas...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2014, 19:38
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

I didn't say that. But terrorists apparently...

I didn't say that. But terrorists apparently don't target Malaysia. If they wanted to they surely would have done so in the past.

Bali attacks were directed primarily at Australian and European...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2014, 19:20
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

There's little doubt that the engines would be...

There's little doubt that the engines would be torn from the wings in any controlled ditching attempt as in US1549. They would be on the bottom near the coordinates of the point of impact even if the...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2014, 16:53
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

Al Qaeda has no beef with the Malaysians.

Al Qaeda has no beef with the Malaysians.
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2014, 16:30
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

Malaysia hasn't had a terrorist attack on their...

Malaysia hasn't had a terrorist attack on their soil since the 1977 MAS653 hijacking (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_Airline_System_Flight_653).
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Apr 2014, 19:34
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

Being in the business, you would certainly know...

Being in the business, you would certainly know of Phoenix International (http://www.phnx-international.com), the civilian contractor for the USN. Any comments on their capabilities?
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Apr 2014, 19:06
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

Battery shelf life

In the April 14 PC Angus Houston kept referring to the "shelf life" of the ULB batteries as 30 days. The shelf life is 6 years. The nominal operating life is 30 days. Just a nitpick. He's clearly...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Apr 2014, 04:01
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

More likely standing off while they dropped the...

More likely standing off while they dropped the sonobuoys. Wouldn't want to get tangled up in the 1000 foot cables suspending the hydrophones.
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Apr 2014, 15:09
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

Ocean Shield reels the TPL in to to a shallower...

Ocean Shield reels the TPL in to to a shallower depth when turning and then lowers it again. They in fact heard one of the first pings at a shallower-than-cruise depth after a turn. Turns take around...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Apr 2014, 23:35
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

USN Captain Mark Mathews said: "The frequency, it...

USN Captain Mark Mathews said: "The frequency, it was a repetitive signal every second, the pulse whip was about 10 milliseconds in length - that's appropriate for the signal."

I thought the...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Apr 2014, 17:24
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

777-2 fuel exhaustion simulator test

This post was just magically undeleted.
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Mar 2014, 04:15
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

O ye of little faith... It wouldn't surprise...

O ye of little faith...

It wouldn't surprise me if they are finally incorporating classified US satellite data to refine the Inmarsat estimates.

They'll eventually find it--the Chinese are...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Mar 2014, 07:32
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

It appears that MH370 had a Swift64 terminal...

It appears that MH370 had a Swift64 terminal onboard (or possibly an older Aero-H or H+ terminal), not one of the latest SwiftBroadband terminals according to this blog...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Mar 2014, 18:26
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

Curvedsky: MAS did not subscribe to the RR Engine...

Curvedsky: MAS did not subscribe to the RR Engine Health Management service (satcom) on this aircraft.
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Mar 2014, 02:48
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

Ocean floor geology

AF447 crashed in an area where the sea floor was pretty mountainous, with canyons and ridges everywhere (I found the great graphic below here...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Mar 2014, 05:22
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

The 777 fuselage is made in Italy; the landing...

The 777 fuselage is made in Italy; the landing gear comes from France; the cargo doors are manufactured in Sweden, and the wings are from South Korea. Final assembly is done in the United States....
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Mar 2014, 16:12
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

MH370 departed to the East. Live ATC only covers...

MH370 departed to the East. Live ATC only covers North & West Sectors.
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Mar 2014, 00:57
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

Cheap and trivial GPS tracking solution?

Satcom units commonly have GPS units built into them. Seems like sending frequent live GPS updates would be trivial and inexpensive.

SMS text messages on GSM networks are ridiculously low...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Mar 2014, 08:07
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

MAS didn't subscribe to ACARS reports via SATCOM...

MAS didn't subscribe to ACARS reports via SATCOM on this plane (expense reasons). But FE_Hoppy indicated in an earlier post disabling ACARS comms was about 5 keypresses on the MFD though (MODE>COMM...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Mar 2014, 06:36
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

WSJ Story Reconsidered

Interesting that the story mentions satellites rather than a single satellite. That would imply a satellite in addition to Inmarsat's detected the pings. Perhaps a satellite that could also detect an...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Mar 2014, 04:31
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

Last ping showed MH370 over water at cruise speed and altitude?

@kappa

Here's Andy Pasztors March 14th WSJ article....
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Mar 2014, 05:18
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

The Inmarsat ping data had to have been shared...

The Inmarsat ping data had to have been shared with the Chinese "officially" so they could do the Northern search.
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Mar 2014, 04:51
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

A featureless abyssal plain sea bottom would make...

A featureless abyssal plain sea bottom would make wreckage really stand out on sonar scans, no?
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Mar 2014, 07:46
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

Say the odds are 1 in 1,000 that the transponder...

Say the odds are 1 in 1,000 that the transponder fails and 1 in 1,000 that ACARS fails. Then the odds that both fail at the same time are 1 in a million. Easy math.
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Mar 2014, 07:03
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

Uploading flight plans to a T7 FMS

Is it possible to upload a flight plan previously drafted on a PC to the T7's FMS from a flash drive or a smartphone/tablet USB connection? Is proprietary software required to draft a flight plan or...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Mar 2014, 21:31
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

It's unlikely Inmarsat kept anything but the last...

It's unlikely Inmarsat kept anything but the last ping, but perhaps a US spy satellite logged all of them?
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Mar 2014, 19:45
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

The Boeing AHM system did not generate the pings...

The Boeing AHM system did not generate the pings as it was not activated. The hourly pings were generated by Inmarsat (initial ping from satellite and subsequent pings from the plane) for satcom...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Mar 2014, 19:10
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,201,318
Posted By rampstriker

Likely nothing, since ACARS had been disabled.

Likely nothing, since ACARS had been disabled.
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