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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 22:20:42 GMT
Winglets are designed to reduce the effects of vortex shedding. My understanding of this is that Boeing have previously identified a software issue which was potentially the cause of the recent Lion Air crash. The flight profile of the crashed ethiopian aircraft indicates a problem maintaining a steady climb rate and therefore unlikely to have anything to do with winglets. If it's any consolation, I was coming back from a business trip to Italy some years ago and driver clipper a parked aircraft with his wingtip. We parked up and a fitter with some step Ladders dashed out and patched it up with duct tape and off we went. Winglets won't be the problem. I wasn't suggesting winglets are the problem, that's just what it says on my ticket to show which version we're on. The problem appears to be in the software of the 737 Max. I don't think Qantas have any of them anyway.
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Post by bringbacklenwhite on Apr 7, 2019 16:02:15 GMT
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Post by gazz on Apr 7, 2019 17:39:37 GMT
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Post by another_ruined_saturday on Apr 7, 2019 19:30:05 GMT
no mate. read the article again - it wasn't a chameleon. more a hungrylion.
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Post by gazz on Apr 10, 2019 13:36:35 GMT
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Post by another_ruined_saturday on Apr 10, 2019 17:20:00 GMT
agreed. looks f***ing malevolent, and not just because of its infinite destructive potential.
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Post by bringbacklenwhite on Apr 10, 2019 17:53:11 GMT
agreed. looks f***ing malevolent, and not just because of its infinite destructive potential. Thank goodness it's still a fair distance away. Wouldn't like to meet that on a dark night.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2019 12:22:05 GMT
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Post by dudleyhatter on Apr 16, 2019 15:26:30 GMT
Fortunately it appears that the damage is much less than could have been. Amazingly some of the stained glass windows survived the inferno.
It is one of the few buildings that have left me genuinely happy to visited.
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Post by another_ruined_saturday on Apr 16, 2019 18:35:33 GMT
also been in it. also quite shocked by the footage yesterday. and -cheers duds- also heartened that the rose window and various other things survived.
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Post by dudleyhatter on Apr 17, 2019 18:42:25 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2019 6:08:47 GMT
Don't you just love science
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Post by gazz on Apr 18, 2019 6:25:41 GMT
Don't you just love science This ^^^
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Post by dudleyhatter on Apr 18, 2019 7:19:59 GMT
I had a long conversation with a colleague about religion and belief last week. Dodgy ground I know! It finished with me saying I guess it’s just the scientist in me that finds it hard to just accept blindly!
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Post by gazz on Apr 18, 2019 8:12:38 GMT
I had a long conversation with a colleague about religion and belief last week. Dodgy ground I know! It finished with me saying I guess it’s just the scientist in me that finds it hard to just accept blindly! That's, it, Duds - when all else fails, we've always got our extremist logic and made up facts to fall back on!
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