Night Owl Chatterboxes - Part LIV
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Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:
Er, you do realize that aircraft are capable of gliding in the event of complete engine failure, right? Yes, you do have to find a spot to land rather quickly and you might not walk away from the landing completely unscathed, but the plane isn't going to drop like a brick and kill everyone after the engine stops running.
sop for engine failure - eject.
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maybe not for jet fighters ? ... they are all fly by wire and aerodynamically unstable ... if the control goes, they are gong to drop like a brick .... :lol: I'm not worried too much about the shooting scores of our pilots ... with helmet mounted sights and off bore-sight missiles, they'd just have to look at a plane to shoot it down ...
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Originally posted by Fatum:
maybe not for jet fighters ? ... they are all fly by wire and aerodynamically unstable … if the control goes, they are gong to drop like a brick ….
I’m not worried too much about the shooting scores of our pilots … with helmet mounted sights and off bore-sight missiles, they’d just have to look at a plane to shoot it down …
then i think they shouldn't be too bad, their most common practice mission is going against each other 1v1, 1v2 etc.
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Two instances of fully loaded commercial airliners suffering complete engine failures and gliding to safe (though not necessarily smooth) landings:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236
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Originally posted by Fatum:
maybe not for jet fighters ? ... they are all fly by wire and aerodynamically unstable … if the control goes, they are gong to drop like a brick ….
I’m not worried too much about the shooting scores of our pilots … with helmet mounted sights and off bore-sight missiles, they’d just have to look at a plane to shoot it down …
All fly-by-wire aircraft (commercial and military) are required to have sources of backup electrical power to operate the control surfaces and essential avionics in the event of complete engine failure. Backup power is usually provided in the form of batteries or (in the case of most commercial airliners) a ram-air turbine that automatically deploys into the airstream to generate electricity via a wind-driven generator.Fighters may be designed aerodynamically unstable for maximum maneuverability, but they still have to be capable of stable flight
at idle or near-idle power settings, such as when it is on final approach.
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i'm not sure behind the theory part, but i do know that stories of fighter jets surviving engine failures are few...
few years ago, in US i think 1 such incident happen, pilot ejected but also didn't survive.
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it's strong wins at Rhonda's side... worst sand storm
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I keep forgetting that MG's a pilot ... :lol: okie ... let's just say that you're most likely to skip the coffin and go straight to the cremation step when you're in a plane crash .... unlike being in a car crash .... :lol:
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Originally posted by Fatum:
I keep forgetting that MG’s a pilot …
okie … let’s just say that you’re most likely to skip the coffin and go straight to the cremation step when you’re in a plane crash ….
unlike being in a car crash ….
Actually, if the angle of impact is steep enough, you also get to skip the burial step. -
*me peeks inside*
Anyone still alive in here?
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hmm...
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Yeah going to bed soon I just had to post the weird picture I took of my fire eel
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u have a fire eel at home?
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Originally posted by rlsh07:
u have a fire eel at home?
YaAll my pets pics are posted in Pics of Day/Night
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yeah i went to see le though
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Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:
All fly-by-wire aircraft (commercial and military) are required to have sources of backup electrical power to operate the control surfaces and essential avionics in the event of complete engine failure. Backup power is usually provided in the form of batteries or (in the case of most commercial airliners) a ram-air turbine that automatically deploys into the airstream to generate electricity via a wind-driven generator.Fighters may be designed aerodynamically unstable for maximum maneuverability, but they still have to be capable of stable flight
at idle or near-idle power settings, such as when it is on final approach.
I think the A-10 is best, bloody thing has a full set of backup hydraulic controls!!! Many cases of being shot to hell but pilots still being able to fly them back to base.
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Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:
duplicate
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am home.. actually home for some time already..
went for physiotherapy.. getting slightly better..
still, lots of work for me to do... both at work and for my back
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Leaving the office soon
Zzz Stupid rain
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it was insanely heavy here in clementi... umbrella and a 10m walk from the car to my doorstep got me half wet...
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is it still the monsoon season in singapore?
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supposed to be over, diving season's started already .....
but it's a la nina year apparently ..... whatever that means ... I think it's safe to say the weather's loco though ....
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no.. was very hot the past few days.. today was just very very heavy rain.. happens once in a while here right?
i got to go cut my nails.. tried to scratch an itch and almost ripped myself to shreds
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Whoopie.... looks like my experiments are all done!
The thing is.... I got all sorts of weird findings that can't be explained by experimental error..... my prof and I are at a bit of a loss on how to explain them. Oh well... I'll do what I can to interpret them....
Oh well.... I think I'll just go home and have an early night..... been sleeping at 2 am for the past few nights.
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hasn't rained here for a few days but i don't wanna speak too soon. lol~