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Re: Dumbest thing you ever did in flight. - Cydon Prax - 14-02-2006
Im a boeing fan no doubt; but with the airbus on A/P, touching the flight controls does'nt turn off the autopilot. Good for normal non-
emergency flights, no doubt!
PSS A330 is so great to fly XD
Re: Dumbest thing you ever did in flight. - GeoBauG - 14-02-2006
I was just testing out a new plane, leveled it off at 33k for a two hour journey, and went to grab a drink. I came back to see the doors were open,
the flaps were fully extended, and I was 5kts away from a stall. I'm not sure exactly what happened in my absence, but I feel that the Ghost of
Versions Passed that wants to screw with us.
Re: Dumbest thing you ever did in flight. - Anastasios - 14-02-2006
Quote:AFNinja wrote:
Got a phone call and reached up to turn down the volume on my PC. I hit the yoke and you can guess the rest. Passengers everywhere.
Pissin and moaning like little girls. You think they never been in a nose dive before?
whahahahaha
that's actually really funny!
Tasos.
Re: Dumbest thing you ever did in flight. - Jetflyer - 14-02-2006
Every time I land the Level-d 767 it's a dumb thing because I can't land it for sh*t. My landing at SFO just now involved
50.....40.......30.....30....40.....30....20.....(half way down the runway)....30.......20....10....CRUNCH...BOUNCE.......*Pause as plane bounces
headlong into the air*......30.....20.....10.......(*&^*$%$%&£$&££$&@@@@BANG...."Now that was a hard landing"....(some 2,000ft of runway left to
stop).....huge braking action...GROAN CREAK..........brake disks melting....."Ladies and gentlemen we have arrived at our destination on behalf of
blah blah...".
"My Level-D Landing"
Post Edited ( 02-14-06 23:58 )
Re: Dumbest thing you ever did in flight. - RonMac - 15-02-2006
Take Off???
Re: Dumbest thing you ever did in flight. - DavidPowell - 15-02-2006
Noticed an engine overheating yesterday and switched off as I could not slow one engine on it's own. About the same time the other
engine flamed out. Fine for a 747, not good for an A330. Eventually managed to get one engine going (I tihnk perhaps I shut down the
wrong engine) and a rather bumpy landing!
Hey ho.
David
Re: Dumbest thing you ever did in flight. - AFNinja - 15-02-2006
Quote:Im a boeing fan no doubt; but with the airbus on A/P, touching the flight controls does'nt turn off the autopilot. Good for normal non-
emergency flights, no doubt!
PSS A330 is so great to fly XD
Rog, It is normal for it to kick off if you move the controls too quickly. I know that most if not all autopilots allow for small ajustments at the
flight controls, but major adjustments disconect the auto pilot.
That's so that if the pilot needs to make a sudden correction he can do so without fighting the autopilot who is a whole lot stronger.
Re: Dumbest thing you ever did in flight. - Anastasios - 15-02-2006
yes, ninja is correct
the a/p should switch off automatically when using the controls.
It's a safety.....'thing'
Tasos.
Re: Dumbest thing you ever did in flight. - Cydon Prax - 15-02-2006
For Boeing, yes. Have you tried any payware Fly-By-Wire Airbus's? They don't allow it..
I might be worng, but im going by the guys who I payed money's word. (Boeing however I know do allow these changes)
Re: Dumbest thing you ever did in flight. - Usty - 17-02-2006
TouchDownVertSpeedFt: -26.15 ft/mn (kiss)
First they wonded why I turnded off the engines, but now they just refuse to disembark because they don't beleve we landed yet.
So they are still wayting patiently for a tuchdown........
Re: Dumbest thing you ever did in flight. - Jetflyer - 17-02-2006
TouchDownVertSpeedFt: -4.6ft/mn (kiss)
Now that's a smooth landing
Re: Dumbest thing you ever did in flight. - GeoBauG - 17-02-2006
Oh yeah? I got +5.0ft/mn! Beat that!
:p
G
Re: Dumbest thing you ever did in flight. - WBHoenig - 17-02-2006
So you flew from the underworld to somewhere above? Or did have a freak belly landing where you sank into the ground but rose up
again and it calculated that speed? Or a bug?
Re: Dumbest thing you ever did in flight. - Cydon Prax - 17-02-2006
landing on a hill/mountain...
Re: Dumbest thing you ever did in flight. - GeoBauG - 17-02-2006
I'll never tell. It's my own special brand of landing magic.
G