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| Thread ID: 95248 | 2008-11-29 17:40:00 | Airbus crash | Paul Camford (10007) | PC World Chat |
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| 724208 | 2008-11-29 21:39:00 | Planes unlike rockets dont need any any engines to fly, they can glide. After engine failure especially on take off its important to get the nose down as fast as possible before the planes stalls. It might not feel the right thing to do at the time pushing the nose to the ground and has to be practised. A fast controlled landing ahead can be survivable, a stall into the ground is bad juju. I agree with Zippity the yanks will think its a conspiracy after all they still belive in creationism the dumb buggers |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 724209 | 2008-11-29 21:39:00 | Can we blame the Germans? | --Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 724210 | 2008-11-29 21:46:00 | Why not they make a lot of parts for the Airbus and they have caused trouble with us before 1889-01 helping the Boers, 1914-18, 1939-45 so fair call. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 724211 | 2008-11-29 22:23:00 | most common cause of an air crash is pilot error..... how ever in this case we have some of the most experanced pilots in the world. many reports state the plane was at about 2000 feet, at that height you still have a good few seconds to react to a problem, unless the controls stop responding. we will have to wait for the offical report and the black box tape and such... but as a betting man I would be putting my $$ on mechanical defect as a direct result of maintance. |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 724212 | 2008-11-29 22:43:00 | Planes unlike rockets dont need any any engines to fly, they can glide. Not exactly. They start losing altitude very fast and most have a ram air turbine, a generator driven by a small propeller to keep some power to controls. And depending on various factors they lose about 5,000 ft in 10 nautical miles (1.5 km in 18½ km), giving a glide ratio of approximately 12:1. Besides there will be loads of rumours and wild guesses until the Safety Board do their report on what did cause it. I bet it will be (as always) a series of events not one single problem. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 724213 | 2008-11-29 22:53:00 | Cant argue with a computer tech from Southland After all its hydraulic power which moves the controls |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 724214 | 2008-11-29 23:52:00 | Cant argue with a computer tech from Southland After all its hydraulic power which moves the controls Weren't you the one talking about fly-by-wire before? If so, do you even know what it is? How are you qualified enough to shoot her down anyway? Lets see your credentials before you start criticising others. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 724215 | 2008-11-30 00:06:00 | How are you qualified enough to shoot her down anyway? Lets see your credentials before you start criticising others. I think that most of us a geeks with a intrest in planes, I expect most of us can understand the basics of what keeps a plane in the sky. But I would be supprised if any of us have skills in flight dynamics, air crash investigation and flyby wire. |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 724216 | 2008-11-30 00:14:00 | Planes are powered by their wheels and wouldn't take off on a treadmill. | roddy_boy (4115) | ||
| 724217 | 2008-11-30 00:15:00 | Planes are powered by their wheels and wouldn't take off on a treadmill. I rest my case...... |
robsonde (120) | ||
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