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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
28th Jun 2021, 02:40
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

Thanks Xeptu.

Thanks Xeptu.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th May 2021, 09:46
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

No finding of mis-set rudder trim in the NTSB...

No finding of mis-set rudder trim in the NTSB report is construed by you guys as being support for the ATSB finding of mis-set rudder trim?

You guys should join the ATSB. Heavens knows they need...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th May 2021, 07:43
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

How so? Where is taking off with rudder trim...

How so?

Where is taking off with rudder trim incorrectly set mentioned in the NTSB report?

Throttle 'roll back' sounds familiar though..
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th Jan 2021, 06:33
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

I tend to get more persistent when I can't get...

I tend to get more persistent when I can't get straight answers to fairly simple questions. The ATSB, having produced various works of fiction for various reasons for a substantial period, means I...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Jan 2021, 22:35
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

Sorry for my propensity for persistence, but I’m...

Sorry for my propensity for persistence, but I’m not sure my question was answered. I’ll ask it again, but generally:[/color]
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Jan 2021, 02:49
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

Thanks TTL. But just to be clear, have you...

Thanks TTL.

But just to be clear, have you ever (in the Sim or otherwise), slowed down to below 140kts, set the rudder trim to full nose left then (preferably with the undercarriage down) selected...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th Jan 2021, 19:39
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

[color=#454545]For Groggy, I note the ATSB report...

[color=#454545]For Groggy, I note the ATSB report says this about flight carried out in a Level D simulator for a similar model aircraft:The unambiguous implication of that outcome (assuming it...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
5th Jan 2021, 03:47
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

Thanks again, Groggy It’s weird that they...

Thanks again, Groggy

It’s weird that they plonked an “autopilot servo” in the diagram of a system that does not connect to the auto pilot. Maybe it’s to assist in identifying the physical...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Jan 2021, 04:14
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

Interesting, grog. What is the cause of the...

Interesting, grog. What is the cause of the bias toward left PLM over right?

I note that the rudder trim system maintenance manual pages you posted seem to me to show an autopilot servo in the...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
1st Jan 2021, 03:03
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

I genuinely don't want to offend or get personal,...

I genuinely don't want to offend or get personal, S7700, but do really mean what you said?How do you come up with sensible ideas to avoid an end result, if you don't know the cause/s of the end...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
31st Dec 2020, 23:54
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

I'll take that as a 'no' from you, S7700.

I'll take that as a 'no' from you, S7700.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
31st Dec 2020, 22:46
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

Out of those posting, who's actually flown the...

Out of those posting, who's actually flown the scenarios in the Sim? So far as I can tell, grogmonster is the only one.[/color]
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
31st Dec 2020, 09:33
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

Thanks grogmonster. Pending ‘approval’ of...

Thanks grogmonster.

Pending ‘approval’ of your attachment, I anticipate that it will show that the breakage of one cable in the rudder trim system with simultaneous tension put on another in that...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
30th Dec 2020, 23:23
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

Conned. Can you post a copy of or link to...

Conned.

Can you post a copy of or link to the IPB/maintenance manual pages that show all of the components and physical layout of the rudder trim system?
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
27th Dec 2020, 23:19
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

Conned. Can you post a copy of or link to...

Conned.

Can you post a copy of or link to the IPB/maintenance manual pages that show all of the components and physical layout of the rudder trim system?
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Dec 2020, 04:41
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

Your underlying assumption continues to be that...

Your underlying assumption continues to be that the trim was in that position at the start of the take-off roll. Whilst a reasonable assumption, it does not necessarily follow that it was in that...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Dec 2020, 01:34
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

Interesting but not surprising reading. This,...

Interesting but not surprising reading. This, too, from that report, Centaurus:Fortunately in most cases the out of trim situation could have been and was controlled by rudder.
...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Dec 2020, 22:46
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

Lots of things are foreseeable, but that doesn’t...

Lots of things are foreseeable, but that doesn’t mean that’s what happens in fact, and lots things have very remote probabilities but still happen. For example, it is remotely probable that in each...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Dec 2020, 21:31
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

Ah, but you’re presuming that the rudder trim was...

Ah, but you’re presuming that the rudder trim was physically at FSD and the indication system said so as each of the aircraft lined up.

I have yet to be convinced that there is no possibility of...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
13th Dec 2020, 20:05
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

What is your theory as to how the rudder trim got...

What is your theory as to how the rudder trim got to the position it was in, in the first place, tcasblue?

(I’m not suggesting the meticulous following of good checklists is not a good idea.)
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Jul 2019, 10:40
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

So how many deaths in similar King Air accidents...

So how many deaths in similar King Air accidents will it take for you to entertain the possibility that something other than pilot f*ck up may be a causal factor?

I suppose with the 737 Max it...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Jul 2019, 05:08
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

Obviously just the same pilot error in each case....

Obviously just the same pilot error in each case.

Just like with the 737 Max crashes.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
3rd Jul 2019, 09:08
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

Junior has supped deeply from the font of ATSB...

Junior has supped deeply from the font of ATSB Kool-Aide. It causes the growth of crystal balls.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Jul 2019, 10:14
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

Anyhoo... It’s amazing how many King Air...

Anyhoo...

It’s amazing how many King Air pilots seemingly take off in serviceable aircraft with the rudder trim wound to one of the stops.
...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th Oct 2018, 21:27
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

Just goes to show how much of the report is based...

Just goes to show how much of the report is based on speculation, fuelled by confirmation bias.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Oct 2018, 07:26
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

So apparently the PIC did neither the...

So apparently the PIC did neither the cockpit/cabin check nor the external walk around check, at least not in relation to the rudder trim.

Still no explanation as to how the rudder trim apparently...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Oct 2018, 12:29
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

Sarcastic? Only partly. Other posts...

Sarcastic? Only partly.

Other posts suggested that it is prudent - do I dare say ‘good airmanship’ - to run the rudder trim through its full range and confirm the correspondence of physical...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Oct 2018, 00:08
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

Neither you nor I know that he didn’t visually...

Neither you nor I know that he didn’t visually check the trim tab on the walk around.

Much of the reasoning in support of the PIC being the only piece of Swiss cheese is called “confirmation...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Oct 2018, 20:02
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

By that logic he should have run up the engines...

By that logic he should have run up the engines and operated all of the engine and propellor controls through their full range, then shut down and inspected the engines and propellers.

Then...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Oct 2018, 09:58
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

Gosh. Maybe the PIC wasn’t the only slice of...

Gosh. Maybe the PIC wasn’t the only slice of Swiss cheese.

The litigation will be very illuminating.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Oct 2018, 06:05
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

Pending approval, here’s some of the report:

Pending approval, here’s some of the report:
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
28th Sep 2018, 10:47
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

Would it? You appear to have type-specific...

Would it? You appear to have type-specific expertise. Tell us.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
28th Sep 2018, 09:30
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

But that would mean that the rudder trim was not...

But that would mean that the rudder trim was not set to full NL before take off and, therefore, the pilot did not overlook something that was not there to be seen.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
27th Sep 2018, 21:13
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

Thanks FGD. I acknowledge the similarities. ...

Thanks FGD.

I acknowledge the similarities. But I don’t see too much precision in stuff like:

“I have assumed a distance of”,

“could be explained by”

“Another possible explanation”
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
27th Sep 2018, 12:09
Replies: 1,350
Views: 591,476
Posted By Lead Balloon

We all have an ‘agenda’, FGD. Your ‘agenda’...

We all have an ‘agenda’, FGD.

Your ‘agenda’ is to defend a report that reaches the oh-so-convenient conclusion that the only hole in the Swiss cheese was the pilot.

Others like me (and I...
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