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![]() Danny Dot wrote: In about 1990 Airbus did low pass at the Paris airshow and lost the plane. I recall it had something to do with the throttle software thinking the pilots were in landing mode and "refused" to go to high power for the go-around. Anyone remember the details??? Danny Dot This really comes down to a simple difference between the way the autothrottle operates in Boeing airplanes vs. Airbus. In the Boeing model, if you shove the throttle handles forward, the engines respond to the throttle setting. If autothrottle is engaged, it will start to retard the throttles back to the commanded setting and the pilot will see the throttles moving, realize that autothrottle is engaged and trying to do something different than what he wants, and he will grab the throttle handles, shove them back forward and push the autothrottle disengage button on the side of the throttle handle. This takes only a second or two to resolve. In an Airbus model, if you shove the throttle handles foward, the engines do not respond to the throttle setting (when autothrottle is engaged), and the throttle handles will just sit there in a position that differs from what the autothrottle is doing. In the meantime, it can take a while for the pilot to realize what is going on and the push the TOGA button to disengage the landing mode and get the computer to respond to the throttle handle position. This is what happened to the pilot involved in this accident. By the time he realized what was going on and pushed the TOGA button, there wasn't time for the engines to spool up enough to miss the trees. This is why the difference between a chainsaw and an A320 is 100 trees a minute. Dean |
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can take a while for the pilot to realize what is going on and the push the TOGA button to disengage the landing mode and get the computer to respond to the throttle handle position. Two words: type rating. That's what they are for... -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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![]() Thomas Borchert wrote: In the meantime, it can take a while for the pilot to realize what is going on and the push the TOGA button to disengage the landing mode and get the computer to respond to the throttle handle position. Two words: type rating. That's what they are for... -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) Two more words: intelligent design. That's what is lacking at Airbus. |
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Greg Farris writes:
Can you offer a justification that a thinking person could accept for the statement that "intelligent design" is lacking at Airbus? Habsheim, and many other incidents since then. It really cracks me up - I mean I am really getting a laugh at these clowns at the zenith of their ignorance making blanket statements about a company like Airbus "not having a clue about real pilots" ot "lacking intelligent design. . ." It's really really funny!! Is it funny when people die? -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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Mxsmanic,
and many other incidents since then. Ok, enough. Provide us with a comparison of Airbus and Boeing accidents since (and including) Habsheim. Prove to us with that data that FBW Airbus types have significantly more accidents than Boeing non-FBW. Prove that, if you can show the former (you won't be able to, but try), that the accident types show a connection to FBW design. If you can't provide this, you are obviously a slanderous liar. -- Thomas Borchert (EDDH) |
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![]() Thomas This nut thrives, even on abuse, if that is all the attention he can get. That is what trolls do. Do us and yourself a favor. Ignore him. That is what he deserves. -- Jim in NC |
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Thomas Borchert writes:
If you can't provide this, you are obviously a slanderous liar. No, I'm simply not willing and/or able to provide it. That says nothing about whether or not I'm telling the truth, and it is unrelated to spoken defamation (slander). You haven't provided anything to support your point of view, but that does not make you a liar. Calling someone a liar without being able to prove it is libel in some cases, however. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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Greg Farris writes:
Oh oh - getting serious now! I'm already serious. Has your ignorance already killed people? No. Are you admitting something you would be better not in public? No. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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