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Forum: Tech Log

20th Sep 2010, 15:13

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Airbus crash/training flight

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Posted By DozyWannabe

Got it in one. The other issue there is...

Got it in one. The other issue there is introducing another layer of complexity into the control and flight management software, which like all other engineering disciplines adds greater potential...

Forum: Tech Log

19th Sep 2010, 23:06

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Airbus crash/training flight

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Posted By DozyWannabe

Something to do with saline having a lower...

Something to do with saline having a lower freezing point perhaps?

Forum: Tech Log

19th Sep 2010, 21:42

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Airbus crash/training flight

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Posted By DozyWannabe

That was my point re: human factors. Despite...

That was my point re: human factors. Despite there being a logical path to determining where the technical fault lay, the fact that it was the Captain's instrument that was wrong and he was the...

Forum: Tech Log

19th Sep 2010, 19:23

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Airbus crash/training flight

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Posted By DozyWannabe

I was using "failure" as a general term in the...

I was using "failure" as a general term in the sense that they were not providing correct information as opposed to the sense that they had completely ceased to function.

Forum: Tech Log

19th Sep 2010, 17:43

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Airbus crash/training flight

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Posted By DozyWannabe

The crux of the matter to me appears to be that...

The crux of the matter to me appears to be that the AoA failure, while certainly a "hole in the cheese", was secondary to a failure on the part of the humans involved - from the hapless ground staff...

Forum: Tech Log

4th Jul 2010, 22:22

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Airbus crash/training flight

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Posted By DozyWannabe

I'd hope that it would be caught fairly early on...

I'd hope that it would be caught fairly early on - given that the AoA sensor is (or can be) a pretty important piece of kit in the software decision-making process, I'd have thought that they'd have...

Forum: Tech Log

4th Jul 2010, 21:41

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Airbus crash/training flight

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Posted By DozyWannabe

I'm not up on the mechanical factors, but I'd...

I'm not up on the mechanical factors, but I'd certainly be very surprised if there was a software fault involved - for two reasons:

Firstly, given the herculean level of pedantry that AI went to...

Forum: Tech Log

26th Feb 2009, 08:32

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Airbus crash/training flight

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Posted By DozyWannabe

In Direct Law those restrictions do not apply and...

In Direct Law those restrictions do not apply and you can roll the A320 into a spiral dive straight into the ground should you so desire. Even in Normal Law you can get a bank angle of up to 67...

Forum: Tech Log

2nd Feb 2009, 16:11

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Airbus crash/training flight

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Posted By DozyWannabe

There's a video doing the rounds of YouTube where...

There's a video doing the rounds of YouTube where Bruce Dickinson (of Iron Maiden fame, and Astraeus pilot) takes the A320 for a "test drive". One thing you realise very quickly from watching the...

Forum: Tech Log

30th Nov 2008, 21:31

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Airbus crash/training flight

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Posted By DozyWannabe

In all fairness, it's not entirely unknown for...

In all fairness, it's not entirely unknown for some of the professionals on here to expound their own pet prejudices against technologies, borne possibly out of fear they don't fully understand said...

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