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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
Are you a QOTWer? Do you want to start a thread that isn't a direct answer to the current QOTW? Then this place, gentle poster, is your friend.
( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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I'm not claiming to be an authority on aerodynamics, I just think it is plausible that a plane could come down quite quickly.
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:02, Reply)
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:02, Reply)
I am under no illusion that you are an authority, old bean.
The only way an aircraft with an active autopilot will come down "quite quickly" from cruising altitude is if a wing fell off.
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:03, Reply)
The only way an aircraft with an active autopilot will come down "quite quickly" from cruising altitude is if a wing fell off.
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:03, Reply)
they can but you would need a lot of system failures
in order for it to happen, there are back up for the back ups,
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:03, Reply)
in order for it to happen, there are back up for the back ups,
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You should take comfort in the fact that I have had no hand in the design of any aeroplanes then.
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Maybe on a good solid British plane, but these yellow fellows are renowned for cutting corners.
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:05, Reply)
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:05, Reply)
This is something we can agree on.
They've made a right bloody shambles of it.
( , Thu 27 Mar 2014, 11:10, Reply)
They've made a right bloody shambles of it.
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