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by ocelot
Thu Sep 14, 2023 1:18 am
Forum: The Waldo Pepper Lounge
Topic: Not_airplanes with not_pilots...
Replies: 11
Views: 1030

Re: Not_airplanes with not_pilots...

I've never been particularly susceptible to that ;)
by ocelot
Fri Sep 08, 2023 9:21 am
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Star Trek Picard, Season 3, Episode 4
Replies: 21
Views: 1384

Re: Star Trek Picard, Season 3, Episode 4

The usual Star Trek reasons: terrible writing, bad acting, hokey plots, technobabble... you can have all the setup you want but you also have to deliver on production, and Voyager mostly didn't. Not that I've seen very much of it, because if you try something and it's bad repeatedly there's really n...
by ocelot
Fri Sep 08, 2023 9:14 am
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Here we go again
Replies: 37
Views: 1220

Re: Here we go again

If you have a sideways AoA, because e.g. you're taking off into a crosswind, you'll be getting a yaw moment into the wind. Yes, while you are rolloing on the grund or water. You need to use rudder to keep the plane from weathervaning. Once in the air, if you are in coordinated flight, the wind come...
by ocelot
Fri Sep 08, 2023 8:47 am
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Gender Reveal Parties
Replies: 10
Views: 485

Re: Gender Reveal Parties

There's a good chance the pilot may never have done a full all-at-once drop before and wasn't expecting the plane to pull_up on its own. (If you suddenly let go half your gross weight like that, suddenly lift becomes twice weight and you're pulling up at 2G. But one doesn't normally do that in ag op...
by ocelot
Mon Sep 04, 2023 11:11 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Here we go again
Replies: 37
Views: 1220

Re: Here we go again

If you have a sideways AoA, because e.g. you're taking off into a crosswind, you'll be getting a yaw moment into the wind. The accident aircraft was turning downwind, and, supposedly, this was uncommanded/forced by the wind, and that seems like rubbish. Unless I guess we think a gust flipped the rig...
by ocelot
Sun Sep 03, 2023 11:14 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Radar Attenuation
Replies: 15
Views: 660

Re: Radar Attenuation

Right now at KBOX the images are seven minutes apart and the latest one was no more than a minute old when I checked it. But it varies a lot. Right now there's nothing going on; when there is I think they sample more so each one takes longer, but also possibly more often? Anyway my perception lately...
by ocelot
Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:31 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Here we go again
Replies: 37
Views: 1220

Re: Here we go again

I am also not real impressed with the discussion of floatplane takeoff technique. Not that I'm an expert in it or anything, but he seems to have missed the point that if you pull_up and dig the floats in, you just aren't going to be getting off the water. Which is exactly what happened in the second...
by ocelot
Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:22 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Interesting (recent) total air disasters
Replies: 62
Views: 19127

Re: Interesting (recent) total air disasters

I suspect the only reason this one is different from any other excursion is that the airport is small enough that when you run off the runway you end up on the ramp.

Also, they got off easy in that collision...
by ocelot
Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:19 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Radar Attenuation
Replies: 15
Views: 660

Re: Radar Attenuation

If you go to radar.weather.gov the data there is normally a few minutes old. If you get it from an aviation_approved, not_cowboy source, it won't really be any faster, because the primary limiting factor is how long it takes to sample the atmosphere. (And the not_cowboy source might be slower, becau...
by ocelot
Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:00 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Brain fart: this time with video
Replies: 10
Views: 683

Re: Brain fart: this time with video

It's definitely possible to read back clearances without the meaning registering, much like stock jokes about "yes dear, very nice". Especially if also fatigued, though I think probably it's mostly a sign of poor training - you should read back what you're going to do, not just parrot what...
by ocelot
Sun Sep 03, 2023 6:31 pm
Forum: The Waldo Pepper Lounge
Topic: Not_airplanes with not_pilots...
Replies: 11
Views: 1030

Re: Not_airplanes with not_pilots...

Note though that it has the course trained into it, so it wouldn't be able to cope if things moved and humans probably can.

That said, I do want to see more of the video from the onboard cam...
by ocelot
Sun Sep 03, 2023 6:26 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Star Trek Picard, Season 3, Episode 4
Replies: 21
Views: 1384

Re: Star Trek SNW

I am; however, a big fan of Janeway and her crew and adventures.
I am not. I mean, I was offended as much as anyone else by all the fan hate for daring to have a woman in charge, but the show itself is terrible. :-|
by ocelot
Sun Jul 09, 2023 1:36 am
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Biz jet overflies DC, Crashes in VA mountains
Replies: 61
Views: 1418

Re: Biz jet overflies DC, Crashes in VA mountains

.. three laws of robotics... Right, because they always worked right and there was never a problem with them in Asimov's books! :D There were lots of stories where they created problems, but as far as I can recall there weren't any in which the laws themselves broke down. But maybe I just don't rec...
by ocelot
Sun Jul 09, 2023 1:25 am
Forum: Aviation Discussion Forum
Topic: Airships
Replies: 0
Views: 513

Airships

Canadian North embraces airships: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/ca ... -1.6899363

Could get interesting, if it goes anywhere.
by ocelot
Sun Jul 09, 2023 1:13 am
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Star Trek Picard, Season 3, Episode 4
Replies: 21
Views: 1384

Re: Star Trek SNW

if they can lay off the wokeness
Star Trek's always been "woke". For its time, anyway.
by ocelot
Sun Jul 09, 2023 1:11 am
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: JetPhoto Pre-Screening Thread...
Replies: 183
Views: 49341

Re: JetPhoto Pre-Screening Thread...

Right, they'd applied the hushkit (before everyone else? idk, maybe)
by ocelot
Sun Jul 02, 2023 4:09 am
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Biz jet overflies DC, Crashes in VA mountains
Replies: 61
Views: 1418

Re: Biz jet overflies DC, Crashes in VA mountains

The UAS memory items are so easy to automate: WHILE GORUND_AIR_MODE=AIR AND ALT>10000 IF ABS(VA-VB)>10 AND ABS(VB-VC)>10 and ABS(VC-VA)>10 THEN ECAM PRINT "UNRELIABLE AIRSPEED" ECAM PRINT "EXECUTING UAS MEMORY ITEMS" THURST=CLB PITCH=5 ENDIF WHEND That will kill you if it trigge...
by ocelot
Sun Jul 02, 2023 4:01 am
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Biz jet overflies DC, Crashes in VA mountains
Replies: 61
Views: 1418

Re: Biz jet overflies DC, Crashes in VA mountains

Right now, people are justifiably afraid of AI because it's very hard to characterize, and without being able to do that, AI is very hard to trust. And I am on board with that distrust... I think anything done with AI must be done very slowly and cautiously, until we have a better handle on how it ...
by ocelot
Sun Jul 02, 2023 3:41 am
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Biz jet overflies DC, Crashes in VA mountains
Replies: 61
Views: 1418

Re: Biz jet overflies DC, Crashes in VA mountains

With that in mind, please have mercy of my insolence for talking as if I knew more than I do. Insolence? Piffle. :-p Note that because I wasn't really following the chain of reasoning, if there was one, I posted some statements that I believe to be true and connected to the topic, in the hopes of c...
by ocelot
Sun Jul 02, 2023 2:09 am
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Maintain healthy attitudes…
Replies: 8
Views: 296

Re: Maintain healthy attitudes…

ah, so long before avh. The report is not very impressive. It spends a lot of time on irrelevancies (like overshooting the localizer) and concentrates on busted SOPs and CRM, while ignoring the fact that a competent pilot should be able to fly an unstable approach down to 500' AGL and go around with...
by ocelot
Sun Jul 02, 2023 1:56 am
Forum: The Waldo Pepper Lounge
Topic: This changes everything...
Replies: 5
Views: 909

Re: This changes everything...

Am I right to be suspicious that the view outside is from considerably higher altitude than the plane whose cockpit we're seeing can probably reach?
by ocelot
Sun Jul 02, 2023 1:55 am
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: JetPhoto Pre-Screening Thread...
Replies: 183
Views: 49341

Re: Livery FB Group

But, maybe not_a Whisperjet
There was in fact some reason they called them that. Can't remember what it was though, and I'm feeling too lazy to go dig around.
by ocelot
Sat Jun 24, 2023 11:01 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Tourist Sub Goes MH-17
Replies: 17
Views: 531

Re: Tourist Sub Goes MH-17

One of the questions that's been raised was whether the hull was adequately inspected between dives. Last I remember the fatigue properties of carbon fiber aren't that well understood, and despite how rigid you can make a carbon fiber hull, in that pressure regime it's bound to flex a fair amount ea...
by ocelot
Sat Jun 24, 2023 10:51 pm
Forum: Aviation Safety Discussion Forum
Topic: Maintain healthy attitudes…
Replies: 8
Views: 296

Re: Maintain healthy attitudes…

When did this happen? I can't find any coverage on avh.

Anyway, after the initial pitch-up upset it seems like classic PIO, and the interesting part will be why the PF allowed that pitch-up to happen. Maybe the stickshaker went off :mrgreen:

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