Subject	You guys have NO IDEA the amount of 'checks and balances'
Posted by	nixit on January 20, 2004 at 9:59 AM
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In Reply To	Everytime I fly I make sure the plain is an Airbus posted by PLEAZURE in CA (SD) on January 20, 2004 at 01:49 AM
Message	We have to go through as engineers. Our work is checked, rechecked, and double checked. All interior components are burn tested. All mechanical items are tested for hundred or thousands of hours in environmental chambers (salt spray/humidity/temperature/cold). I wish I could express just how safe *I* feel you are in an airplane. The amount of effort made in making safety number one is astounding. 95% of airplane crashes (commercial and private) are PILOT ERROR (sorry Fred :). If you read magazines like International Aviation News, NASA Tech Briefs, or Aviation & Space Weekly... you can read for yourself how a simple pilot error can become significant problems. Anything that is a mechincal error is QUICKLY followed by an FAA fleet mandate for either an immediate 'looksee', or an entire fleet grounding. Even if the FAA is full of fat, they never seem to drop the ball when it comes to your safety. "Long story short my boost guage was off i think a couple psi and then the bulb went out on it that night. So I used a flashlight to read what my boost was. Looked like 19 pounds, but I guess I was wrong. Then to top it off, I was bouncing off the rev limiter and powershifted to third. And then the big boom. To my amazement, the next morning it acutlly started!!!! then I shut it off a couple secs later it was killing me to hear what it sounded like." - Posted by: hot90tt(underconstruction) on January 19, 2004 at 11:15 AM
Follow Ups	NZR: Dunno if this interests anyone; Just thought I'd share. - ni[X]it 17:14:04 01/19/04 that sucker is huge (n/m) - zboost 17:18:15 01/19/04 Wow, that is pretty big, what was your part? (n/m) - aZiator 17:19:51 01/19/04 My guess would be something Carbon Fiber related........... (n/m) - zboost 17:22:09 01/19/04 Carbon Fiber rear wing. Soon to be on Z32's everywhere! (n/m) - Stealth021 17:22:59 01/19/04 VTD. (n/m) - Kenny 17:27:15 01/19/04 Just an FYI, I work with advanced composites on a regular - ni[X]it 17:31:34 01/19/04 Just messin with you Nic (n/m) - zboost 17:37:52 01/19/04 I can dish it out, but I can't take it back. :( (n/m) - ni[X]it 17:54:42 01/19/04 Wow, thats gonna be huge! (n/m) - Polish 17:20:54 01/19/04 Thanks for sharing, (n/m) - Merdox 17:21:06 01/19/04 Looks seriously cool! (n/m) - Stealth021 17:22:14 01/19/04 I was told the difficulty is not in building a large plane, - ScubaSteve 17:22:48 01/19/04 Hows it going to fly? - Spongerider :) 17:26:13 01/19/04 Re: Hows it going to fly? - ni[X]it 17:30:05 01/19/04 So simply put it will crash. - Spongerider :) 17:39:07 01/19/04 Took your advice and used google - NytWolf 17:40:04 01/19/04 You beat me to the link. Man this thing is going to be - Spongerider :) 17:44:50 01/19/04 Is that going to have two engines or 4 engines? I can't - MikeH(Twin GT35BB Incon Z) 20:52:45 01/19/04 trump is gonna buy it - red300zxtt 17:29:31 01/19/04 You're Fired... ;) (n/m) - quikz 19:05:56 01/19/04 I've played football inside a 747 before :) - nixit 19:12:19 01/19/04 were you the goalpost? (n/m) - Spee 19:28:20 01/19/04 "That's a HUGE bitch!" (n/m) - Z PYRATE 17:29:33 01/19/04 "Freak!" (n/m) - ScubaSteve 18:53:01 01/19/04 the new Ford Excessive? (n/m) - SactoTodd 17:39:26 01/19/04 damn thats a big b*tch! (n/m) - Wagz 17:47:07 01/19/04 Airbus SUCKS!! Boeing, the only way too fly (n/m) - Good2Zya 17:53:29 01/19/04 Did you see the cockpit? Christ thats roomy... - ni[X]it 17:55:23 01/19/04 No comparison to Russian Tupolov - KILLR300ZX 18:21:23 01/19/04 But you get to sit way in the front. :( (n/m) - SactoTodd 18:02:47 01/19/04 Airbuses are nice planes. I've flown in many of them. (n/m) - MikeH(Twin GT35BB Incon Z) 20:53:36 01/19/04 sound slike an educated statement :( - boss 21:50:28 01/19/04 Everytime I fly I make sure the plain is an Airbus - PLEAZURE in CA (SD) 01:49:04 01/20/04 You guys have NO IDEA the amount of 'checks and balances' - nixit 09:59:40 01/20/04 thats a terrorist dream plane... seriously - joel(PA) 18:35:22 01/19/04 you think backwards. (n/m) - Spee 19:07:03 01/19/04 yeah, i can't help my pessimism (n/m) - joel(PA) 16:11:57 01/20/04 OK, that's huge...is it really a good idea? - Alex Lee [DE] 18:58:42 01/19/04 from what I recall, - nixit 19:10:46 01/19/04 I think.. - MaxBoostTT 19:12:15 01/19/04 thats what they origanally said about the 747 until - dans300 23:55:13 01/19/04 their website said 550 seats, and 2 levels to load from - Marshall 21:10:12 01/19/04 Is it two engine or 4 engine plane. Airbuses I've seen - MikeH(Twin GT35BB Incon Z) 20:54:23 01/19/04 With a takeoff weight of 1,200,000+ It would have to be 4 (n/m) - AbnormallyAspirated 21:03:21 01/19/04 engines are rated at 85,000lbs thrust each. - nixit 21:42:14 01/19/04 I beleive that they are going to go with 4 - boss 21:52:17 01/19/04 I'm not trying to doubt the great nixit, but what about - AbnormallyAspirated 01:45:11 01/20/04 Re: NZR: Dunno if this interests anyone; Just thought I'd share. - SR Productions ($65 stage 3) 22:32:53 01/19/04 *plane (n/m) - Guapo 00:35:36 01/20/04 Airbus A380, 800 passenger !!WOW !! Boing is in trouble ! (n/m) - PLEAZURE in CA (SD) 01:45:45 01/20/04
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