You people are something. Somebody asks where the convention of turnpopint numbers instead of descriptors come from. Fair enough question if it rains cats and dogs outside and all other inside activities are exhausted and deadly boredom set in. Now you're suggesting that use of these numbers brings hell and damnation or at the very least makes you crash into the Atlantic or Mt Erebus or somewhere or at best loose your tail on take off. I'm surprised that nobody doug out the Gimly glider yet and suggests that if we have to use numbers they should at least be imperial.
Rolf Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:55:54 +1000 To: aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net From: mborg...@borgeltinstruments.com Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Turnpoints This is the frightening bit: "the aircraft computer applied vastly less thrust " Is there something wrong with having the computer work out the power setting required and have the flight crew move the throttles to the required setting? Or having an acceleration monitor with a liftoff prediction once the thing starts moving? Or having flight crew familiar enough with the aircraft to know that the thrust setting called for, at a weight you should have some feel for, seems wrong? Mike .At 09:05 AM 10/01/2014, you wrote: On 10/01/2014 8:47 AM, opsw...@bigpond.net.au wrote: If people wish to continue with using just numbers they should revisit the Air NZ accident in Antarctica. Individuals working alone, no cross checking and inputting at dark O'clock. Sooner or later you will have a very uncomfortable experience. I've seen it time and time again even in professional aviation. Yes indeed. This one was very close to home, and perilously close to being Australia's worst air disaster.   The essential message is in the first couple of paragraphs. tn _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring Borgelt Instruments - design & manufacture of quality soaring instrumentation since 1978 www.borgeltinstruments.com tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: int+61-7-4635 5784 mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784 P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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