VBprogrammer

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2041.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
Funny enough, I remember seeing a 737 doing circuits at Prestwick airport. I believe there is (or used to be) some requirement for an airline to do a minimum number of circuits on a new type. Kinda fun to see. Apparently a lot of fun for pi
2042.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
It's a well acknowledged fact that 90% of professional pilots online have only piloted their computer desk. The other 10% may never have piloted the aircraft in question or are 'shooting the shit' rather than presenting their
2043.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
I'm not sure why you've edited your response rather than responding. It's a minor system. There is no firm evidence yet that it was responsible for this crash other than some ADS-B data which only really shows that the aircra
2044.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
You've said a lot but I'm unclear what actual point you are trying to make. I'm fairly certain you have no actual flight training because you seem to be assigning a lot of weight to a very minor system.
2045.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
> The 737 MAX is unstable inherently for the sake of mileage This is blatantly false. The MCAS system isn't running a PID control loop or anything like that. It's applying stupidly simple logic to its inputs and giving equally
2046.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
I think it's unlikely that this crash will be attributed to the same set of circumstances as the lion air crash. I don't find it credible that an experienced pilot would fail to catch what, in essence, is a trim runaway event. The
2047.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
I'd be very surprised if Boeing have their assets structured in such a way that a massive liability in one area could take out the entire business. At a very minimum they will have Boeing spares and maintenance ltd. Probably one in eac
2048.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
> 2 hours continuous sleep Awch. I've got a 2 month old who, for the moment, is a surprisingly good sleeper. It's still exhausting, getting in from work, trying to spend an hour of quality time with her while helping mum finish
2049.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
Agreed. I think unfortunately most of the people outraged by this decision are completely unaware of the complexity of systems on board a modern airliner. There are other systems like the Mach trim system which adjust the trim in response t
2050.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
It seems like you think that contradicts what I said. The system by design adds a little trim in very specific circumstances. That's not the same as being needed because the aircraft is aerodynamically unstable. That is a term which ha
2051.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
That's a huge stretch. The fix was to work around a certification requirement that the control forces shouldn't decrease as the aircraft approaches the stall. This is a long way away from the aircraft being inherently unstable.
2052.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
Counter point: the discoverability on all of the app stores I've tried has been pretty terrible. Unless I know the name of an app that I'm trying to install I almost never find what I'm looking for. Most often I search for &#
2053.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
To be fair, this is extremely common, this isn't something Boeing invented yesterday. The whole series of Cessna business jets are on the same type rating. The A330/A340/A350 share a type rating. The 757/767 share a type
2054.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
Honestly, I'm not sure what's wrong with that statement. There is plenty of president for aircraft which went through special airworthiness investigations, the MU-2 for example, and came out the other side without fault.
2055.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
Stick pushers go all the way down to the PC12 (a single engine turboprop). Honestly there is no putting that genie back in the bottle. Getting benign stall behaviour out of a highly efficient wing is very difficult.
2056.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
The more I think about it the less likely I think the most recent crash will end up being attributed to the MCAS system. Why? Because with what we know now I could have prevented the Lion Air crash. Any airline flying these planes would hav
2057.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
Oh please. Go read about some of the rudder hard-over failures the 737 suffered over the years. A pilot should be able to fly out of these things. I think unfortunately the children of the magenta line are the ones truly trying to kill us.
2058.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
But it most eloquently describes the problem. We shouldn't have to self-censor to get passed some prudish filter on a corporate network on which the reader is probably already not supposed to be reading for fun.
2059.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
Random thought. But isn't this a potential use for a bloom filter?
2060.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
The danger is that it would also greatly incentivise governments to misbehave though, right?
2061.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
I'm not an Apple fan boy by any stretch but years ago I discovered that the Apple 104 key keyboard suited me down to the ground. Despite using it mostly on Ubuntu and Windows. I've put up with strange key mappings just to use that
2062.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
I feel nostalgic about real books. I'm not sure that's exactly the same as missing real books. Having a book on my phone means that when I have time to myself I have the book I want to read. A real book would take effort to ensure
2063.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
People who underestimate the challenges adding caching can cause make me a bit nervous. Especially when you start putting caches on top of caches. You can end up with a hunt which cache has the incorrect value problem.
2064.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
In an economic downturn having a few hundred thousand pounds / dollars sitting in the bank they will have more options than your average person. The economy would have to be completely screwy for there not to be a way of making money f
2065.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
The old way of heating homes in the UK was to provide little insulation but lots of thermal mass. A strong fire would heat up the mass in the chimney and around the home. The fire could be damped down over night and relight it the morning.
2066.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
Thanks, that was exactly the answer I was looking for but couldn't quite figure out how to formulate the question so that Google would provide a useful answer!
2067.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
I'm interested in how compounds are chosen for medical research. Do you just start with a wide range of compounds which you are able to make and fire them at a range of different potential medical issues? That seems staggeringly unlike
2068.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
If I'm remembering correctly Aspirin is a drug which doesn't have the intended effect in mice studies. I could be wrong about the exact drug but it is something similarly common if it isn't. Hard to google because there are a
2069.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
> Yes, and since what comes from an alternator is AC, you don't need an inverter, but a simple transformer to step the voltage up or down. I probably should have said AC-to-AC convertor rather than inverter. My problem with that is
2070.
by VBprogrammer 8y ago
Whenever I read anything about wind turbines I'm reminded of this article. It's a shame the photos are missing at the moment. Maybe Jacques is around somewhere and can restore them. https://jacquesmattheij.com/how-

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