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More vehicles on the runway equals more chances for FOD on the runway - which ironically caused the Air France accident and loss of one Concorde and all hands o
by DocTomoe 10y ago
More vehicles on the runway equals more chances for FOD on the runway - which ironically caused the Air France accident and loss of one Concorde and all hands on board.
- willvarfar 10y agoInterestingly, the opening paragraph of the wikipedia article contradicts this: > The TaxiBot eliminates the use of airplane engines during taxi-in and until immediately prior to take-off during taxi-out, significantly reducing aircraft fuel usage and the risk of foreign object damage.[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TaxiBot#cite_note-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TaxiBot#cite_note-1 So which is it?
- DocTomoe 10y agoThis "Taxibot" seems to be designed mostly on the tarmac where engines are idling to keep the APU happy and reach operational temperature, a place where FOD is often caused by humans, not machines - it's not meant for operations to the runway, where engines usually are at full capacity and humans are absent. Most likely, in this different scenario, there actually is a FOD Advantage.