Posted on 05/16/2015 5:05:33 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
No. Not true. Remember, the FBI is staffed by gummint workers. Idiots.
My first thought exactly
Not really. This is some gamer/coder’s dream life. His claims are as phony as an Obama promise
To save .25 cents of wire. Bean counters and engineers are at each other's throats from the womb. Bean counters never seem to realize that if the plane goes down, they aren't the ones that have to explain it to a judge.
Boy howdy, look at that rudder work! That pilot earned a day off...
Wouldn’t be terribly surprised if Airbus actually did.
I have been a 737 Captain for a number of years. This is utter BS.
Additionally, if the pilots don’t like what the autopilot is doing, they can simply disconnect it and fly by hand.
been there, done that, landing at Amarillo.
You’re obviously familiar with IMA.
I think that’s called “yaw”, if I remember my naval training right.
I’m with you. There’s no place I want to go that I can’t drive. My wife wants to go to Spain but I don’t see it happening.
That’s just landing into a crosswind. What this guy is talking about is telling one engine to climb, while the other one wasn’t. That would rotate the plane around its long axis, basically flipping the plane sideways.
“If you were designing an aircraft would you wire mission critical networks to a box in the passenger seat?”
Well, one thing to consider is: how many commercial aircraft were designed before there were computerized in-flight entertainment systems? They’ve added those systems and other computerized systems over the years, as patchwork upgrades I bet. So, if you are adding to an existing design, you might be tempted to “piggyback” on some existing components instead of keeping everything separate. Cut down on the costs and difficulty of the modifications.
“To save .25 cents of wire. Bean counters and engineers are at each other’s throats from the womb. Bean counters never seem to realize that if the plane goes down, they aren’t the ones that have to explain it to a judge.”
BINGO. As an engineer, I can confirm
I would NOT be at all surprised if all the aircraft systems are on one IP backbone to save a $million or so on wiring. and they figured their security software was good enough. oops
From what I read in the article “flying sideways” seems to be a bad description. He made one engine climb, so that should make the plane roll.
I think he means the wing was pointed up, so the plane itself was sideways, not flying sideways.
The flight entertainment system doesn’t even work on 70% of the flights I’ve been on.
maybe the feds are idiots?
I can relate. LOL.
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