Aircraft Aviation

Spot on Dai, deafness was the first thing that sprung to mind when I first read it too. Getting through these quickly aren't we? Only 97 to go! Haha.

Problem #2 The Dumb Parrot (or the problem with Mathematicians) - The owner of a pet shop is a retired mathematician. He never lies, and he makes very precise statements. He tells a customer the parrot in the cage is extremely intelligent - in fact, "this bird will repeat every words he hears". The customer, impressed, buys the parrot. In a few days, the outraged customer returns with the parrot, saying, "I spoke to him for hours every day, but this stupid bird has not repeated a single word I said". Nevertheless, the pet shop proprietor did not lie. Is this possible? NOTE: On a person

Spot on Kasper, well done! The answer is indeed triplets (or indeed quadruplets... and so on). As a result, this situation is of course possible. I'll add Kasper to the tally and post the next one...

Not quite Dai .... Hint - Pay careful attention to what is stated and what is not stated.

Problem #1 Natural Childbirth - Two siblings are born naturally on the same date, in the same year, to the same mother and father. However, they are not twins; neither fraternal nor identical. Is this possible or impossible?

WHAT? ^ If that wasn't your reaction to the title of this thread, then it should have been! I have always had a love for Physics and Mathematics (mainly Physics), and, if everything goes smoothly, I should be starting my MSc 4 year Physics course next September (2014). In preparation for this, and to keep my mind ticking over, I have purchased a somewhat famous Physics book; The Chicken From Minsk. It's a peculiar but brilliant book featuring a collection of 100 (very!) difficult Physics and Maths problems from the Russian University level and Olympiad papers. I thought it wou

Next update will most likely be on the overhead thread, just currently sorting out some wiring issues.

@Micke - Cosford should be no problem!

Many thanks Dai. It will of course fit; whether they want it to or not!

The reason it was able to be fixed because it's not a "normal" company per-say. Roberto runs Throttletek by himself, and the components for the throttles are made by people all across the world. He imports them, and then constructs the throttles. The panels on the throttle are made by Phil from Simvionics who is based in Manchester. As a result, it just so happened that since I live in the same country as Phil, we could run the quadrant up to him for repair. And, as you've mentioned, what a stunning job he has done!

This is Phil's Flickr account, you can check out all the stuff he does here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/project75/

Thanks very much Brett & Geoff. Naturally with every simulated flight I do I always find an excuse to turn the backlighting on. It's too good to ignore. @Geoff - Funny you mention that - Phil, who repaired the quadrant (as per the update post), has a 767 cockpit. He paid... Nothing for it; he got it free (and I'm not making this up!), after making some panels for a customer.

Saturday 2nd November New Features: - Boeing 767 Throttle Quadrant - Boeing 767 CDU/FMC In Development: - Recutting and resizing the Pedestal Description: Well, this is a weird one. I've actually had everything that I need for this update for months now. However, don't tell me I'm lazy; the reason for this late post is far from being my fault. Anyway, I am finally very pleased to get this update out there; it's a massive one! Firstly, the Boeing 767 Throttle Quadrant. Some of you may remember that the Pedestal project hit somewhat of a hiatus a year or two b

Time for some good news! A fully successful repair has been carried out on said damaged item, and a full write up of all events and a mini-review of said item can be expected. All that's left to do now is collect said item! All shall be revealed...

Hi Remington, The 430 was set to North up initially; I changed it since I prefer TRK ahead.

Hi Brett, Thanks for the clarification, now I understand. "TMA 9" on your map is part of the London TMA (Terminal Maneuvering Area) and is indeed Class A airspace. However, this particular part of the TMA is only above 5,500ft, and so if you are flying UNDER the TMA, you need not concern yourself with this airspace because you will not be entering it. You would certainly not have to "enter it at the required altitude". On a more practical level, flight within Class A airspace in the UK requires an aircraft to be fitted with a Mode S transponder (which G-ROLY now has), to be flying

Hi Brett, Forgive me for being stupid, but I'm not entirely sure what you mean there! As you have correctly stated we were overhead Wyton at 3000ft and thus if the Class A airspace (I assume you are referring to London TMA) was 5500ft+ we never entered it and thus no radio calls were required to enter the Class A airspace. Regarding approaching Duxford, the general procedure at most UK airfields/airports is to call them around 5nm out, state who you are, aircraft type, position, altitude, POB, etc, and finish the call with "Request airfield information and joining instructions". D

Hello everyone, Last Saturday we flew down to Duxford (Imperial War Museum) from Netherthorpe in the club's C172N after it had been kitted out with new avionics. Namely, a Garmin GNS 430 unit had been fitted alongside a Mode S transponder and new audio panel, bringing the 172 somewhat into this century. It was a fantastic experience and I loved navigating with the GNS 430; what a wonderful piece of kit. Weather was fantastic, although a large amount of fog down south caused us to delay our departure until 1015Z. The crew before departure: G-ROLY, our faithful C172N:

I know Brian, that was my first choice except we just don't have the money to do 2 flights in one weekend (flying down to Duxford tomorrow you see).

We will be journeying up to Preston tomorrow to have the Quadrant repaired... And I'll be driving!

A stroke of luck! It turns out that we should be able to have all of the damaged repaired in the UK, with the turnaround being only a few weeks. Please stay tuned!

Rang Royal Mail first today... Not massively useful, they just passed the buck onto customs. I rang customs & excise and they were surprisingly helpful, stating that I DO have a case and that I should submit a claim form along with all relevant evidence. £77 VAT I stand to receive if I win this case. Only bad side is 6 weeks waiting time to process. Wish me luck!

Thanks Brett, sure did cheer me up! In fact I might send that over to Coventry Customs if I get the chance. My first priority is to claim the VAT back (SURELY this is the least they can do after smashing my goods???).

Indeed Joe I am, it seems customs cannot even accomplish the simple task of opening and closing a box without destroying half the contents.

Hello everybody, The next big part for the Pedestal project finally arrived today, but unfortunately it has sustained significant damage in transit (no doubt due to customs fiddling about with it). As a result, the next update for the Pedestal project is delayed until we can get these problems sorted out. The overhead project, however, is not affected in any way. Many apologies. Jack