E170/190 Angle of Attack
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And now for the real killer. These aircraft use the "Smart" data to drive the flight path vector. The flight path vector cannot be removed from the PFD. After a few hundred hours you forget the actual pitch associated with any aspect of your flight. You and the autopilot merely drive the FPV onto the flight path target. What could possibly go wrong? Erm... birdstrike (bee strike), pitot heat, writing, leak, system failure etc. followed by one EICAS message and a double ding you now are flying with invalid FPV data. You have three systems and one or two of them are telling lies. You can't get rid of the FPV and possibly both sides have different FPV values (or both are wrong, both are right or No. 3 is invalid, but it's not displayed) and the pitch you need is... Oh, and you need to kill the auto throttle before it kills you as a well.
I notice they don't crow about how simple it is to deal with system failures.
I notice they don't crow about how simple it is to deal with system failures.
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Smart probes.
http://utcaerospacesystems.com/cap/s...%20Systems.pdf
http://utcaerospacesystems.com/cap/s...%20Systems.pdf
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And now for the real killer. These aircraft use the "Smart" data to drive the flight path vector. The flight path vector cannot be removed from the PFD. After a few hundred hours you forget the actual pitch associated with any aspect of your flight. You and the autopilot merely drive the FPV onto the flight path target. What could possibly go wrong? Erm... birdstrike (bee strike), pitot heat, writing, leak, system failure etc. followed by one EICAS message and a double ding you now are flying with invalid FPV data. You have three systems and one or two of them are telling lies. You can't get rid of the FPV and possibly both sides have different FPV values (or both are wrong, both are right or No. 3 is invalid, but it's not displayed) and the pitch you need is... Oh, and you need to kill the auto throttle before it kills you as a well.
I notice they don't crow about how simple it is to deal with system failures.
I notice they don't crow about how simple it is to deal with system failures.
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On the 190, the design philosophy seems to have been that attitude is a secondary parameter, as the FD only shows the flight path you need, and not the pitch. It's a most asinine system.
On the 190, the design philosophy seems to have been that attitude is a secondary parameter
Have things changed in the magenta following world that pilots or should they now be called aircraft operators no longer fly pitch and power= performance, they just blindly follow a vector!
Have things changed in the magenta following world that pilots or should they now be called aircraft operators no longer fly pitch and power= performance, they just blindly follow a vector!
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So you can remember ALL combinations of pitch and power for every airspeed, weight, altitude, aircraft configuration, climb, cruise, descent and holding?
Because at the last count there are 115 different combinations in my QRH with plenty of interpolation available.
Because at the last count there are 115 different combinations in my QRH with plenty of interpolation available.
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And for those banging on, the CSeries has FPV as primary too.
Like the Ejet, the pitch indication is always in view and the same style pitch tables are available in the QRH.
Welcome to the 21st century ;-) no bits of string tied to the windscreen required.
Like the Ejet, the pitch indication is always in view and the same style pitch tables are available in the QRH.
Welcome to the 21st century ;-) no bits of string tied to the windscreen required.
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So you can remember ALL combinations of pitch and power for every airspeed, weight, altitude, aircraft configuration, climb, cruise, descent and holding?
Because at the last count there are 115 different combinations in my QRH with plenty of interpolation available.
Because at the last count there are 115 different combinations in my QRH with plenty of interpolation available.
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No you don't because some clever chap has published then for you.
The correct use of airmanship is an amazing thing. The incorrect use of ego isn't.
The correct use of airmanship is an amazing thing. The incorrect use of ego isn't.