Recent content by Bob Noel

operative word is "seems"

who said that a pilot ID would be the only form of acceptable identification.

Apparently people don't realize that NASA had a mandate that everything they developed was available to the public... at least it's my understanding that was the case up through the Apollo missions.

remember how early GPS installations had problems with certain radios? You would like to have equipment installed in the aircraft to be ok wrt EMI/EMC. But, hey, everyone's an expert on that (EMI/EMC) because some electronic thing they have works ok ....as far as they can tell. Some stuff has...

That's my understanding... using relative strength of different frequencies, and knowing how much different frequencies are attentuated by the atmosphere, an estimate can be made of distance (albeit a really rough estimate but one that is probably more accurate that just looking at signal...

one trick will be training it, especially for single-pilot operations

An inop flap indicator could be considered hazardously misleading informations, which is normally a big no-no. The counter argument is that the pilot can visually see the position of the flaps in a cessna 150, right?... and probably shouldn't rely solely on the flap indicator anyway. I don't...

ADS-B is far more expensive than Mode C. Even moreso if the aircraft doesn't have the gold-plated approved GPS. Believe it or not, but airplanes fly just fine without certified GPS equipment. And unlike Mode C, ADS-B is not used for collision avoidance. And given the fact that ADS-B messages...

Apply a similar analysis to the installation of backup cameras on cars. (it is now a requirement that all new cars have backup cameras) A number of years ago the number of fatalities was 200 annually. The estimated cost to install a camera: $200 The number of new cars sold recently were...

well, if OP post is any indication of the quality of the writing...

Is that a correct use of "myself"? :-)

"medium IQ activists" lol

My concern would be still having enough airflow over the stabilator. I've been trying to remember any specific settings I used with my 140 on final. I keep coming back to set an RPM (1600 rpm? 1700 rpm?) and target airspeed (about 65 knots) but then adjust it to keep a stabilized approach...

Except won't vortex generators lower the stall speed of the 140?

I don't believe so. My understanding that It's not turbulence that degrades stabilator authority, rather the stabilator isn't large enough (the 140 has a smaller stabilator than the 180, for example)