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Arjun Singh

2 months

A 1st in commercial aviation & one of the most distinctive features of the 777X's design is its innovative folding wingtips. The 777X boasts an impressive 235 feet and five-inch wingspan, a bit too wide for most airport gates. 🧵 The Boeing 777X Folding WingTip (FWT) operation.

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Arjun Singh

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1 year

Airstairs provide an integral VIP-class boarding experience without the need for ground support equipment. An option on #A320 , the 4 meter long Airstair has 16 steps & can be fitted with its own anti-ice system. These are DC powered & can be operated in upto 15kts of wind.

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Arjun Singh

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Weekend read 📖✈️ The #A320 , launched on March 2, 1984 was designed for a Maximum takeoff of weight (MTOW) of 68,000 Kgs. The first A321, launched November 24, 1988 had the same wing, but a much higher - 83,000 Kg MTOW. Here’s how Airbus did it !

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9 months

Weekend read 📖✈️ The #A320 Family has different fuel systems for the A318/319/320 and for the A321. Here’s why !

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Arjun Singh

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11 months

The #A350 's 64.75m wing-span is designed using nature’s perfect understanding of aerodynamics to maximise lift and reduce drag, further optimising fuel burn and lowering CO2 emissions. Here are 2 ways the #A350 reduces drag & fuel burn.

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1 year

The core elements of audio system on #A320 have remained essentially unchanged since initial type certification. A new digital audio cockpit system will bring significant improvements to pilots and aircraft operations compared to current analogue audio. 🧵DRAIMS

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@chainsawrocks

11 months

Ever notice an automatic thrust increase in the first 2 - 3 minutes of the flight. So why is there an automatic thrust increase approximately one minute after the standard manual thrust reduction ? 🧵Adapted Climb Logic

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Arjun Singh

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21 days

The #A320 ’s High Frequency antenna is the biggest antenna on board. Hidden inside the Rudder, the HF antenna can use several hundred watts of power, compared to a mere 25 watts by VHF.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

1 year

Incase you ever wondered why the landing gear of the #A380 tilts forward. The body gear bogie is slightly larger than the wheel bay. So when the landing gear retracts into the wheel well, it tilts a bit to fit into the wheel well space.

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1 year

Fun fact : On the #A320 trim wheel, each white stripe corresponds to a change of 0.2 degrees on the THS. There are always 5 white stripes visible to pilots to give a change of 1.0 degree on the THS (trimmable horizontal stabilizer) if it was moved by one complete visible cycle.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

11 months

According to Airbus statistical data, over 65% of tail strikes happen during landings, while only 25% occur during take-offs. There are many ways Airbus aircraft’s help prevent a tailstrike.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

6 months

The next time you fly the #A320 , look at the wing root structure. The redesigned upper wing-to-fuselage fairing was one of the attributions of the A320 Enhanced aerodynamics. All in all, it gave the A320 4% reduction in fuel burn, while reducing approach speed by upto 5 knots.

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4 months

Fun Fact : The #A320 ’s PFD has a resolution of 768x768 and a display size of 158mmx158mm, making it around 123.4 pixels per inch (PPI). While it may not be a Retina Display, it can still host a whole lot of information.

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Arjun Singh

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3 months

Did you know : The Boeing 777X is not the first airplane to offer a folding wing. Infact, The Boeing 777-200 was originally designed with a much longer folding wing option in order to use airport gates that had been built to accommodate fleets of DC-10s/767s & save on fees.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

1 year

To improve pax comfort, #A380 in a gust, Angle of Attack (AoA) probes can measure the flow change at nose 200 ms before it reaches the wing. Ailerons quickly deflect ⬆️, decreasing wing bending loads when the gust finally hits the wing. This also allows weight reduction of wing

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

1 year

Flying is more than a sport and more than a job; flying is pure passion and desire, which can fill a lifetime. Happy World Pilots Day to all the Pilots out there. 📹courtesy : @emirates

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Arjun Singh

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1 year

The enormous #A380 can have a Maximum Takeoff weight of 575,000 Kgs. Of this weight, ~44% or 250 metric tones can be fuel only, stored in its 11 tanks. A sophisticated fuel management system handles fuel transfers to keep the best performance. 🧵Load Alleviation (LA) Transfers

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@chainsawrocks

1 year

Aircraft doors & emergency exits are for ingress/egress of pax & crew on ground only. A question asked by many : Can these doors/exits be opened in-flight ? 🧵

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@chainsawrocks

11 months

Notice the 2 step spool up of the #A380 ? METOTS (Modified Engine Takeoff Thrust Setting) prevents the engine from exceeding 78% N1 until the speed is above 35 knots, & only then sets the actual takeoff thrust. The engine protection prevents flutter on the front fan blades.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

1 year

Landing Gear is the strongest bit of an a/c. One-piece assembly made of high strength/corrosion resistant steels-300M/S155,AerMet100,Alloy 13-8&17-4 On #A320 MLG bears 95% of a/c weight whilst adding to only 7% of it MLG costs more than €1.6M when new & thats w/o brakes&wheels

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Arjun Singh

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1 year

To provide a comfortable & cool cabin for pax & crew, the #A320 is equipped with 2 packs located in the wing root area. The packs supply dry air to the cabin for air conditioning, ventilation & pressurization. The heart of each pack assembly is the Air Cycle Machine (ACM).

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

11 months

Did you know : The #A320 has Balks at positions 1 and 3 of the Flaps Lever to prevent the pilot from calling for excessive flap/slat travel with a single action. The idea behind the design is to prevent an unintentional flap movement in a critical phase of flight.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

4 months

Fun fact : The #A350 is the quietest twin-aisle cabin : Five decibels quieter than competing aircraft, and up to nine decibels quieter towards the front of the cabin. That’s four times less noise.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

1 year

• 140 A320neo • 70 A321neo • 34 A350-1000 • 6 A350-900, With the first A350-900 arriving by late-2023. #A350 welcome to India. ❤️

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

10 months

An advantage of the #FlyByWire is the Load Factor Protection. With load factor protection on the #A320 , the pilot may immediately and instinctively pull the sidestick full aft. The aircraft will initially & almost immediately fly a 2.5g pull-up without losing time in hesitation.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

1 year

Did you know : To monitor engine health, The Pratt & Whitney GTF has over 5000 sensors. These sensors generate approximately 4 million data points per engine per flight, or 1.02 terabytes of data per second. For comparison, a Formula 1 car produces around 1.2 GB/s (12.28Gbps).

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

4 months

A close-up of the cross section of the #A350 ’s wing showing the 35 layers of Carbon Fibre which go into the making of the wing. 📸 Bruce Adams

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

1 year

Did you know : The FMS on #A320 stores the entire worldwide navigation database in just a little over 2 Megabytes. What’s even more fascinating is that, in just 2+ MB, the FMS stores 4,000 runways, 10,000 navaids, 20,000 procedures, 30,000 waypoints & the entire grid MORA. 🤯

Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

1 year

DYK : The Multipurpose Control and Display Unit (MCDU) on #A320 utilizes MRAM (Magneto Resistive Random Access Memory) which stores data bits using magnetic charges instead of electrical charges which allows for persistent storage without a backup battery on the cardset.

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The youngest Airbus, the #A220 is the world's only narrowbody airliner to have an electric braking system. Unlike Hydraulic brakes in other airplanes, Electric brakes increase braking efficiency & reduce wear. Braking force is applied evenly, making landing braking more gentle.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

1 year

It takes about one month to complete the final assembly of an #A320 Family aircraft. It can take a human a decade of dedication and hard work to become a good pilot. Your greatest asset is not the airplane, but the people that make it fly.

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@chainsawrocks

1 year

36 years ago, The #A320 ’s 1st flight on 22 Feb 1987 lasted 3 hours 23 minutes. Today an A320 takes off/lands somewhere in the world every 2 seconds – with more than 10,400 delivers by Airbus & over 11.5 billion pax carried with 289+ million flight hours since Entry Into Service.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

20 days

The #A320 will receive an update of the ECU software for the CFM56 which will include an enhanced stow logic in case of a rejected landing with reversers already selected.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

2 years

The Airbus #A380 has the largest commercial plane tire size in the world at 56 inches in diameter & 21 inches in width and weighing 120kgs 22 of these cushion a weight of 560 Tons. They only last about 180 landings which is about 3 months of ops. & cost $5,000 each to replace!

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

11 months

Traditionally, engine thrust info on most large jets has been presented N1 or EPR. The engine pressure ratio (EPR) is the ratio of turbine exit pressure to engine intake pressure. While N1 on the other hand is a direct reading of the rotational speed of low-pressure compressor.

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@chainsawrocks

1 year

A new option for #A320 : The "side stick priority" indicators are now unnecessary & removed. Cutouts made to the middle portions of the pilot seats to allow the yoke to move aft, & since they block the tray tables, that luxurious amenity is now forgone.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

5 months

Did you know : During the early initial design stage of the #A320 , BAe proposed a rigid camber Kruger flap as a leading edge device, as it showed promising aerodynamic and engineering advantages over a conventional slat.

Bangalore Aviation

@BLRAviation

5 months

Switch on the sound. This @CFM_engines #LEAP powered @airvistara #A321neo climbs post takeoff, my #video shows retraction of the front wing slats to achieve the clean configuration of cruise flight. At the same time the flexibility of the wings is visible. #avgeek #Bernoulli .

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1 year

The #A380 wing is a remarkable piece of engineering. A380's designers found that airflow between engines was separating from the wing surface prior to the airflow between engine and fuselage, an undesirable characteristic. The leading edge therefore has a Drooped Nose design.

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@chainsawrocks

2 months

New Brakes on the #A320 have more carbon, but the total weight of does not change, as the brakes still weigh only 66Kgs per wheel. Fun Fact : The carbon brake on the #A320 is capable of stopping the equivalent of 75 F1 cars & are capable of absorbing up to 135 MJ of energy.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

1 year

While the range of #A321XLR is a game changer, there is a lot of innovation in the cabin aswell to transform this short to medium range jet into a very long range aircraft. Cabin comfort innovations, both thermal & the level of noise for an over 11 hour flight. 🧵The XLR Cabin

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@chainsawrocks

3 months

What if…..?🙀 A nifty feature on #A350 is aptly called the What If. Pilots can play a virtual scenario such as single-engine failure or depressurization using the 'What if' function, to assess the capability of the aircraft following a degradation at any point along the route.

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@chainsawrocks

1 year

Unlike other Airbus family airplanes, the #A350 does not have a pitch trim wheel but features Pitch trim switches. Pitch Trim Switches can be operated during ground operations. During Flight the Pitch Trim Control Switches are inhibited with or without the autopilot engaged.

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@chainsawrocks

1 year

Fuel saving can be made on approach as well as landing. On #A320 landing in CONF 3/Rev Idle vs CONF FULL/Rev Max can save 20 - 40 Kgs per sector (Performance permitting).

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

1 year

The Narrow Format thermal line printer, on the #A320 can print up to 80 characters per line & 7 lines per inch, at rate of 120 40-character lines/minute on a paper width of 4.375 inches of 100 feet/roll. Did you know : The printer has only 8 Kbytes of RAM Data Buffer memory.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

1 year

@rpramodhkumar Sir did you know : Every-time a plane lands, each tire leaves around 1.5 ponds of rubber on the runway. The friction between the tire and runway can produce temperatures of around 260°C; pretty much melting the rubber onto the surface.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

2 months

The 777 is Boeing's 1st fly-by-wire airliner. It introduced the C*U control logic, that’s speed stable, controlling the pitch by changing angle of attack that has to be trimmed by the pilot. If the yoke is released to neutral, it will pitch up/down to which it has been trimmed.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

3 months

Fun Fact : The new larger Sharklets increase the A350-900 range by ~100mm and that of A350-1000 by ~140nm. Alternatively, the fuel consumption over a mission of 5,000m will reduce by ~1.4% for the A350-900 and ~1.6% for the A350-1000. 📊Leehamnews

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Notice the winglets Airbus has been investing in improving them on the A350 Air India seems to get both the older and newer design @chainsawrocks had this explanation some time back

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Arjun Singh

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1 month

Did you know : There are 182 turbine blades in each Trent XWB engine. One HP turbine blade extracts around 1000 horsepower from the gas flow towards the rear of the engine, which is equivalent to the power of a Formula 1 racing car, to drive the engine's compressors.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

11 months

In order to attenuate the negative influence of nacelle, #A320 has vortex generator called strake or popularly know as chines. Chines 1st appeared on Lockheed A-12 precursor of SR-71 Blackbird, where they ran forward from wing roots along the fuselage, into which they blended.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

6 months

Did you know : Our engines collect data from sensors covering almost 300,000 parameters to monitor the engine health. All this information equates to about 20 terabytes of data per engine per hour. On a single 6 hour flight, this would get you 240TB of data.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

8 months

A question asked by many : Why is Flap 3 used when ALTN/DIRECT LAW? Why is Flap 3 suggested in gusty/windshear approaches?

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

1 year

Teach your child, the joy of flying. For life is journey, enjoy the flight. Happy Children’s day

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

1 year

In flight a cockpit is probably one of the driest places on earth. It is similar for the cabin crew at the front of the aircraft as Relative Humidity (RH) levels are very similar, around 3%. That is drier than the Sahara Desert or the Arctic and Death Valley.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

2 months

Sunday Read. ✈️📖 The Boeing 737-300 came up with a host of features to improve on its history, the 1/200. One of them was a 0.2m wingtip extensions called the Wing Tip Flutter Boom and a slightly modified aerofoil section (adopted from the 757/767) for the Leading Edge slats.

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@chainsawrocks

1 month

Single Pilot Ops are a GO !!!! As EASA approves eMCO - Extended Minimum Crew Operations, Airbus, starting with the #A320 , will start removing the First Officers seat to have single pilots operations. The Project Morgan modifications expect completion by 1 Apr 2025. 📹Zeto.r

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@chainsawrocks

1 year

Based on A350, #A350F (EIS 2025) has a max payload of 109T going 4,700Nm. Doing this at 20% lower fuel+CO2 & 11% more volume than the 777F. Adding up to 21M USD extra revenue & lower maintenance costs totalling 16M USD value advantage. DYK : #A350F has equal volume as the 747F.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

1 year

For #A320 family, the maximum rated wheel speed is 225 MPH (195 KTS). DYK : At that speed, each element of the structure of a 46" tire is submitted to centrifugal forces with accelerations up to 1000 G’s at the center & 1500 G’s at the summit.

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@chainsawrocks

1 year

To improve hot & high take-off performance, the newest #A350 ’s will have software regulated Slats & flap (9 configurations instead of 3 to better optimise T/O performance) & a faster landing gear retraction cycle conferring greater obstacle clearance & reduced aerodynamic drag.

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@chainsawrocks

11 months

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) provides an accurate, automatic & a fast way to record & collect info. #A380 has 820 pieces of emergency equipment on board that takes 350 minutes to manually inspect. Thanks to RFID, Emirates Engineering can scan an A380 in just 11 minutes.

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@chainsawrocks

1 month

Did you know : Just like the big boys, the #A320 also has an option for a third MCDU. The third MCDU acts as a "Hot Spare".

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@chainsawrocks

4 months

TIL : The #A350 & #A380 have a Slat cruise baulk-function. In case the FLAPS lever is inadvertently or accidentally moved from 0 to 1 during cruise, the slats/flaps cruise baulk function will maintain the slats & flaps in their fully retracted position.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

10 months

The Airbus #A340 is one of the safest airplanes in the world, with no fatal accidents involving any of the 380 units since its introduction in March 1993. The Airbus A340 has never been involved in a fatal accident, although there have been six hull losses.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

28 days

Back in the day, life size mock-ups were made out of wood to check if all of it fit well. Airbus, with the #A350 introduced a complete Digital Mock-Up (DMU) for the entire structure, including the cabin, envisaging the whole life cycle - From conception through to End-Of-Life.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

2 years

Somewhere in the ATR production line, is the scale of the #Airbus family.

Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

2 years

Impressive is the enormous scale & size of the #A380 as compared to the rest of the #Airbus family. Airbus Broughton factory in Flintshire, North Wales assembles the wings for the entire family of Airbus commercial aircraft (except the A220). Image Courtesy : @DaveWallsworth

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2 years

The braking system on #A320 weighs only 67Kgs. Consisting of 8 Pistons, 4 Rotors & 48 pads per wheel, they can stop 100 tons in just 1200m Capable of 70 million joules of energy, the brakes can reach temps of over 1000°C. Thats equivalent of stopping 75 F1 cars ⬇️A380 Brake Test

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

1 year

The Trent 1000 engine powering the #B787 ultra-high-thrust variant of the Trent family and uses a three-shaft layout. The engine sucks in 1.25 tons of air per second during take off - that's about the volume of a racket ball court every second. 📹Mr I Fix Planes

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@chainsawrocks

11 months

During long flights, early #A320 pilots experienced cold temperatures especially at the foot level. The temperature drop was proportional to the length of the flight. In 1992, Airbus came up with specific options to improve the pilots' feet comfort, one of them was Foot Warmers.

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19 days

While Airbus mandates a cockpit cleanup every 100 hours of flight time, Pilots (sometimes myself included) like to take things in our own hands. Not using the proper solvents and techniques can actually damage the equipment, reducing its service life.

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Arjun Singh

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2 years

Autonomous Taxi, Take-Off & Landing (ATTOL), developed with #Airbus allows fully automatic vision-based flight using on-board image recognition tech installed directly on aircraft rather than relying on an Instrument Landing System (ILS), the existing ground equipment technology

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1 year

A feature coming to #A320 , Smart exit Alpha Floor (reversible Alpha Floor). Earlier, TOGA thrust would be locked after encountering A. Floor, requiring crew further actions, sometimes leading to speed excursions & increasing crew workload.

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@chainsawrocks

11 months

TIL : #A350 ’s Adaptive Dropped Hinge Flap (ADHF), has the spoiler actuation to let the spoilers not only deploy upwards, but also down to 12° to follow the flap when it’s deployed on its hinge. The resulting gap from flap is managed by spoiler droop, increasing the wing camber.

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3 months

Now you know why to wait 3 seconds after APU master to start the APU. Waiting 3 seconds ensures that the "LOW OIL LEVEL" message is not displayed prior to starting the APU. If the message is displayed, refer to the QRH ECAM Advisory section & notify Maintenance.

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2 years

The Nose Gear of the #A320 is noticeably inclined 9 degrees forward (Caster). This design made it possible to put the wheel axle 50mm to the rear of the shock strut centerline. Because of this the wheels return freely to the center position and decrease the shimmy effect.

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1 year

While landing on the moon by Apollo 11 is the greatest accomplishment by mankind, the Boeing 747, born February 1969, just 5 months before has to be a close second. A Tribute to the Queen #747

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1 year

The most efficient aero engine flying today, @RollsRoyce Trent XWB powers #A350 The front fan just under 10 ft (9.8) sucks in 1.3 tonnes of air per sec at take-off. High pressure turbine blades in the engine rotate @ 12,500 rpm,with tips reaching 1,200mph – twice speed of sound.

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May the New Year thrust you even higher and faster. May it be filled with joy and love. Here’s wishing everyone a very happy and a prosperous New Year 2023.

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2 months

The GE90 engine surpassed 100 million flight hours, averaging more than 4 million hours a year. To put it into perspective, that equates to nearly 11,500 years of flying. The engine has flown ~55,726,866,160 miles – That’s 300 roundtrips to the Sun or 199 roundtrips to Mars.

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1 year

TIL : On the bogie axles of #A350 , is a layer of temperature-sensitive paint. It shows if the axles have became too hot after a high energy braking, giving ground crew a secondary indication of the high heat source.

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1 year

The aircraft is like a Faraday cage, it builds up static electricity that needs discharging to avoid noise & ensure a good quality of radio transmission, without interference. Did you know : #A320 has 33 static dischargers of which at least 80% are required for correct ops.

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1 year

How much data does an airplane generate? Did you know : The #A320 has upto 24,000 sensors, generating data throughout the flight & record a staggering 12 Gigabytes of data per day. In contrast, the #A350 has over 250,000 sensors, that’s over 10Gb of data every single flight hour

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1 year

The autobrake is a function which aims at decelerating aircraft at a predefined deceleration rate without any action on the brake pedals. On #A320 LO gives 2m/s sq, while MED is limited to 2 & then 3m/s sq. MAX allows maximum braking available on the runway 📹baixadoetravado

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DYK : The Boeing 787 windshield wash. ANA, the launch customer had persistent negotiations on Japan's unique weather & natural conditions such as amount of precipitation, yellow sand, number of insects & as a result were able to make cockpit windshield washer standard equipment.

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9 months

If you’ve ever walked past an #A320 , you couldn’t have missed the glaringly loud brake fans. For the #A350 , Airbus & it’s partners made a significant reduction in noise by the brake cooling fans reducing it to a humming sound of just 79 decibels. 📹: @aircraftengineered YT

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9 months

Weekend read ✈️📖 Aircraft cabins can be very noisy, with Take-off and landings being the loudest moments, when noise levels inside the cabin can reach 105 decibels (dB). At cruising altitudes, noise drops to around 85 dB. 🧵 The active noise system on the Bombardier Q400

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@chainsawrocks

2 years

Just like crew, a/c’s also have weight checks Every 4 yrs, a/c is drained of all fluids & weighed. This helps finding the basic empty weight & empty center of gravity On #A320 , a duty free cart of 150kg rolling from the back to front, moves CG more than 5cm out of 1.34m leeway

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2 years

Auto Emergency Descent : The #A350 features the AED that allows the a/c to initiate the complete Emergency Descent procedure with/without any input from the pilots. Video Curtesy : Mark Smith

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@chainsawrocks

6 months

United is probably the only other airline to choose the new LED Multi-Functional Runway Light (MFRL) that gives drag reduction, weight savings, improved optical and reliability performances

Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

2 years

Retractable landing lights on #A320 extend outward into the slipstream. Not only increasing drag & fuel consumption, but also producing a slight bit of turbulence. The Multi-Functional Runway Lights provide better illumination, ease of maintenance & lower fuel burn

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9 months

Fun Fact : With the #A320 Family a prominent choice in India, Delhi is the world’s busiest A320 airport. Happy Independence Day 🇮🇳.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

1 year

Traditional weather radar only give a 2D representations of the weather. Introduced for the Airbus #A380 , the IntuVue RDR-4000 from Honeywell & now standard for #A350 is the only weather radar that completely captures the 3rd dimension - altitude, providing 3D volumetric scans.

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@chainsawrocks

1 year

DYK : The Multipurpose Control and Display Unit (MCDU) on #A320 utilizes MRAM (Magneto Resistive Random Access Memory) which stores data bits using magnetic charges instead of electrical charges which allows for persistent storage without a backup battery on the cardset.

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@chainsawrocks

1 year

ETOPS was born as a series of certifications for twin-engine aircraft & their crew that permits the plane to fly for a period of time greater than 60 minutes from a nearest airport in remote areas.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

4 months

The Boeing #777 / #787 unique Flaperon movement. The next time you fly them, notice the Flaperon while taking-off. In a span of 40 seconds, a lot goes on. PS : There are also times when the Flaperon flutters because of this at low speeds.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

2 years

Retractable landing lights on #A320 extend outward into the slipstream. Not only increasing drag & fuel consumption, but also producing a slight bit of turbulence. The Multi-Functional Runway Lights provide better illumination, ease of maintenance & lower fuel burn

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

8 months

Weekend Read 📖✈️ In the 60’s, LaGuardia airport (LGA) had four runways. But they were rather very short, with the longest (13/31) being only 6,000 ft (1,800 m) & runway 9/27 at 4,500 ft. The Boeing 727 story.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

1 year

#A320 pilots. The F/CTL page we see on every flight during the control check. What do the white boxes (highlighted in red) denote ?

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

2 years

The #A321XLR promises an increase in range by 30%, giving it the unique capability to fly up to 4,700nm. So how does the Ted Rogers achieve this feat. A 🧵 on the #A321XLR

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

1 year

Did you know : The Airbus #A320 is the first medium-range commercial aviation aircraft featuring an exterior lighting system completely designed in state-of-the-art LED technology. Contrary to popular belief, these lights are not random & have a defined flashing sequence.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

2 years

The Radome of an #A320 has : The weather radar antenna - The big gold plate. ILS/GLS localiser antenna - The white handle. Glideslope antenna - The white tab (Below the Localiser antenna). Image Courtesy : @JTTsteve

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

18 days

We see it everyday, but the colours just skip our minds. Amber, Magenta, Green, Red, Yellow, Cyan, White and if counting Black, that’s a total of 8 colours !

Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

18 days

#BusPilots Here’s a small trivia for fun. How many colours can the MCDU on #A320 display in ? 🌈

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

4 months

The Door Plug option is only available on the -9 and limits the maximum pax capacity to 189. The cutout could have an emergency door fitted, but in this instance a non operational plug is fitted instead.

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Arjun Singh

@chainsawrocks

1 year

The Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System was introduced in the 90’s to prevent the risk of mid-air collisions. ‘Nuisance’ or ‘undesired’ Resolution Advisories (RAs), which occur during 1000ft separation level-off manoeuvres however have been a side effect. 🧵TCAP

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