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Originally posted by 3WE View PostSince you bring up the subject, here's a somewhat analogous YouTube. Tempted to double-post this the rudder reversal thread, but...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxoacmb7zxY
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A Near-Fatal Touch Down. Damage to the aircraft is unknown.
a) Daily Mirror
b) AvHerald
c) Flying Magazine?
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Originally posted by 3WE View PostSince you bring up the subject, here's a somewhat analogous YouTube. Tempted to double-post this the rudder reversal thread, but...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxoacmb7zxY
These are perfect landing by definition, but "uglily" executed.
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Originally posted by Gabriel View PostCome on, these are little GA piston single planes. Several of them. Why isn't ANYBODY there de-crabbing and touching down with the left gear first?
Ok, slightly more serious: I noted that too...and in one instance I also noted the proper rudder input, but the plane still had to crab (more of a kick out than a slip, though)...but indeed, I would have expected more 'leaning into the wind'. In that video it was largely absent.
Also, I recall that type specific memory checklist POHFCOMQRH items for the 172M were that you wanted good aileron input, lest the wind 'pick up the wing' in an unwanted manner- not sure if that applies to the 172S or not.Les règles de l'aviation de base découragent de longues périodes de dur tirer vers le haut.
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Originally posted by Gabriel View Post***Near Fatal Touchdown***
Is this the headline of...
a) Daily Mirror
b) AvHerald
c) Flying Magazine?
...The headline may be embellished a bit, but not 100% sure there isn't a small shred of truth...Les règles de l'aviation de base découragent de longues périodes de dur tirer vers le haut.
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Originally posted by Gabriel View PostIs this the headline of...
a) Daily Mirror
b) AvHerald
c) Flying Magazine?
I think the real issue is this: that old adage "Any landing you walk away from is a good landing" doesn't apply to passenger transport.
Rule #1: Don't kill the passengers
Rule #2: Don't terrify the passengers
Rule #2b: Don't gamble with other people's money
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Autoland is ONLY for relatively calm conditions...
...and absolute statements are almost always wrong.
Most people don't choose to fly on an extremely windy day; however, that is what Boeing's 787 Chief Pilot did. He came from Seattle to Cheyenne, all for the wind.
...doesn't really say that the autoland is designed for high winds or that it has the proverbial, full-feature, rudder-reversing system, but...
Gotta say, one of the pictured landings looked very textbook. A little bank into the wind, and a very nice kick-out late in the flare for a more-straight touchdown.
I will also say that it looked more like a blistering wind largely down the runway with a slight crosswind component, versus a blistering predominately cross-the-runway wind...Les règles de l'aviation de base découragent de longues périodes de dur tirer vers le haut.
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Originally posted by 3WE View Post...and absolute mis-quotes are almost always wrong.
http://www.kgwn.tv/content/news/Boeing-tests-out-the-largest-787-in-Cheyenne--458996253.html
...doesn't really say that the autoland is designed for high winds or that it has the proverbial, full-feature, rudder-reversing system, but...
Gotta say, one of the pictured landings looked very textbook. A little bank into the wind, and a very nice kick-out late in the flare for a more-straight touchdown.
I will also say that it looked more like a blistering wind largely down the runway with a slight crosswind component, versus a blistering predominately cross-the-runway wind...
But here is an absolute statement: No ILS, no autoland. So why are we still talking about autoland here?
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Originally posted by Evan View PostBut here is an absolute statement: No ILS, no autoland. So why are we still talking about autoland here?
It might be a small pain, but a glideslope and course can be generated via GPS, RTK, RADALT, and who knows what other cues.
Just rewrite some rules and some computer code.
The beauty of the system isn't what artificial navigation acronym it reads, it's the real reading of course deviations and real control inputs.Les règles de l'aviation de base découragent de longues périodes de dur tirer vers le haut.
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Originally posted by 3WE View PostUmmmm, no, Evan, this is a modern digital air plane and absolute is a strong word.
But you have now gone into the future, so, yes, in the future we will have precise, error-corrected LAAS (GBAS) for these rinky-dink airport circle-in back-course approaches, and that alone will most likely allow for autoland. LAAS will require both new avionics AND precisely surveyed ground installations.
Still, placing blind trust in guidance down to the ground requires a virtually infallible technology and that bar is set very high. The beauty of the glideslope signal is that (assuming you catch it in the proper range from the threshold and cross-check your instruments) it is virtually infallible (unless you are a gang of techno-villians in a Hollywood movie). I can't say the same for RADALT.
We will have to wait and see when that level of trust can be earned by LAAS, and that's going to be a while... maybe the B797 will one day autoland on Salzburg's runway 33 circling approach...
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Originally posted by Evan View Post***Absolutely.***
Absolutely, VOR/ILS is 1950s analog technology.
Absolutely, Radar altitude is required for most auto land.
Absolutely, terrain databases and real time radar vision exists.
Absolutely, you see no beauty beyond procedures...Les règles de l'aviation de base découragent de longues périodes de dur tirer vers le haut.
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Originally posted by 3WE View PostAbsolutely, Absolutely, Absolutely, Absolutely, Absolutely...
It's probably just a matter of time (and funding, i.e. political will) but it's coming. Until then, this thread has nothing to do with autoland.
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Originally posted by Evan View Post
And I absolutely love crosswind landings.
But never mind, I will always recall seeing a Lufthansa 747-400 operating in dense fog at 5:00 AM local time in Düsseldorf.Les règles de l'aviation de base découragent de longues périodes de dur tirer vers le haut.
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