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by yutyut 7y ago
>needs software to regulate it it This is a standard pattern on most modern aircraft. Control is abstracted away by some computers, however—and as you said—the pilot can override the computers to more directly interact with the aircraft’
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by yutyut 7y ago
Must be nice to have that luxury. The same emergency in the AH-1Z basically says "good luck." Granted, a hydraulic failure of two redundant and independent systems is astronomically unlikely (and the outcome will almost certainly
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by yutyut 7y ago
Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Airlines_Flight_102
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by yutyut 8y ago
I have seasonal allergies and have never had issues with nor heard of this.
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by yutyut 8y ago
While I don't agree with the initial assertion of Oxygen masks being incompatible with seasonal allergies I will say that the Docs are looking to disqualify you as early in the pipeline as possible, reason being: $$$. In addition, the
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by yutyut 8y ago
>Every phone I've had in the last decade has come with GPS (which includes altitude), giros and even magnetic compasses. So they can work out the angle of attack without the need for additional sensors, or at the very least a backup
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by yutyut 8y ago
I appreciate the appeal to patriotism buddy but I’m right there with you in a flight suit. The fact that you are in a job that requires a flight suit says a lot less about your experience than your comments have. I don’t like to throw the w
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by yutyut 8y ago
Synthetic aperture radar. Perhaps the full body of the world’s knowledge extends a bit beyond your small bubble. Considering the way you lambaste ideas that it is becoming increasingly evident you don’t fully understand, I’d be interested i
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by yutyut 8y ago
Sorry just being short on a comment that starts with lol. Look at for instance SAR mapping. I can have a “certain curr gen aircraft” SAR map a zone or AO for me and tell me A LOT (UNCLAS/open source).
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by yutyut 8y ago
See above, RE: “sensors”
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by yutyut 8y ago
Ideally you can trim a modern helicopter out much like you would an airplane however it's still a dynamically (?) unstable platform. I'm far removed from aero and nobody really thinks about the details of that stuff when they&#x27
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by yutyut 8y ago
I'm pretty sure everything in your last paragraph could be done with enough good input (sensors, approach mins, DTED, Digital Wx updates, etc) and the correct application of 1's and 0's. Not really that hard of a problem to s
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by yutyut 8y ago
No. Go-around and assess the damage on the deck.
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by yutyut 8y ago
Live life to the fullest, while you still can. Find something that's meaningful to you and do it. There's time for fluff later on.
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by yutyut 8y ago
*Point 3 on meritocracy: The Marine Corps aviation community's entire qualification basis revolves around merit: your ability to plan, brief, and execute complex missions is directly reflected in your placement in the squadron. Even ra
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by yutyut 8y ago
Long story short: Medical waivers; bureaucracy; initial screening and training as well as the peculiar program I was in and my place in it at the time.
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by yutyut 8y ago
I won't say (nor do I care) whether you do or don't sound like a dick but you do sound like you didn't read my post or perhaps didn't appreciate the spirit in which I wrote it. Point 1 on bureaucracy: Generally agree. Po
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by yutyut 8y ago
I was a mid-level developer at a large software company making a very competitive salary and quit to join the U.S. Marine Corps and train to become a Naval Aviator. I'm now a 'mid-level' AH-1Z pilot. I work longer hours and h
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by yutyut 9y ago
I find that I must spend a significant amount of time on every new page of technical content to really understand it and soak it in. As I'm reading through any publication I stop after each page and mentally quiz myself on what I'
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by yutyut 10y ago
Sounds like you were at Officer Candidates School or the Basic School in Quantico, VA.
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by yutyut 10y ago
Situational awareness is one of the primary tenets of aviation. It is a skill, and like any skill it can be developed and refined. Young pilots will start out flying in their own reality, one that is completely non-representative of what
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by yutyut 11y ago
What do you actually know about the CAS mission and NATO SOP to be making such inflammatory claims? Maybe British FACs just suck. <--I can generalize too.
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by yutyut 13y ago
Done, thanks to a mysterious pull request. https://github.com/mmartin0/khanaas/pull/1
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Show HN: Khan as a Service(khanaas.com)
37 points by yutyut 13y ago|13 comments
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by yutyut 13y ago
Infant Android Studio is already better than grown-up Eclipse.
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by yutyut 13y ago
Or use the internet and objective reasoning...
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by yutyut 13y ago
Greatly oversimplifying the situation with that terrible metaphor.
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by yutyut 13y ago
It's amusing to me that you find this extremely insignificant story worthy of mention on HN in a thread where it's not even tangentially relevant. P. S. He was right. No way that shit counts.
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by yutyut 13y ago
Ecology blocks: http://www.tworiverssandandgravel.com/wp-content/uploads/201...
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by yutyut 13y ago
I'm not sure whether you're agreeing or disagreeing with me here.

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