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Why not just have a close-captioned camera on the plane, staring at the gear? |
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How many cases are there of passenger aircraft
landing without gear, where the pilot was unaware of
it? |
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//Why not just have a close-captioned camera on the
plane, staring at the gear?// Because that idea
would be baked, and this one is original? |
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I see 'transmission to aircraft' but transmission to
what device? Most planes don't have monitors
installed that can receive a random video feed. The
trouble with aviation is that it's very hard to move
forward with new technology. There are plenty of
ways to guarantee no gear-up landings (a simple
mirror would work) but even adding something like
that to a plan requires tens of thousands of dollars
and months-to-years worth of paperwork. |
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The established procedure is to fly a centreline pass and let the guys in the control tower take a look. |
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//a good pilot can feel // |
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Transmission to what device? email? |
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//a good pilot can feel // |
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How?
— rcarty, Oct 29 2014 |
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Drag.
— MaxwellBuchanan, Oct 29 2014 |
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So, pilots who are in touch with their emotions who happen to enjoy dressing in drag are the best candidates? |
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//close-captioned camera// |
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I'm pretty sure you mean “closed-circuit”, but I'm
imagining an operator sitting somewhere in the plane
typing out descriptions of the sounds on the video feed.
[WIND NOISE]
[WIND NOISE]
[GEAR DEPLOYING]
[GRINDING METAL]
[LOUD THUNK]
[GEAR STOPS DEPLOYING]
[WIND NOISE]
[SCRAPING OF METAL AGAINST ASPHALT]
[EXPLOSION]
[SCREAMING IN DISTANCE]
[SIRENS]
[LIGHT WIND NOISE]
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That would be great for deaf passengers, because they could watch the display to know when to scream in terror with everyone else. |
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A camera is just a fancy sensor with bio-logic at the end. |
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If modern gear-down sensors are that glitchy, just use two. Or three. Best of five. And another sensor that indicates that the gear-down sensors are working. And a sensor for that sensor. Add to that a tidy little logic circuit that shines an LED to the pilot when all the sensors agree on something. I suspect this is pretty close to what they do now and it must be cheaper, lighter, and easier than a camera and screen. |
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This invention solves a much-needed problem. |
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This invention inspired by a paranoid pilot friend who flies
over still water to look at his plane's reflection for oil leaks,
smoke, and gear. |
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Does he also fly a second time upside down? Otherwise there might be a fault on the top he was unaware of. |
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(Does he also...) I'll tell him. Thanks. |
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//Ground based video feed to pilots |
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Only $5 per month. for only $10 a month the pilot gets the video feed of the correct plane. |
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... which implies the existence of a pilot, somewhere, sometime, who is not paranoid that there is something - however minor and subtle - wrong with the aircraft, quite apart from the defect list in the log book and that loose rivet they spotted during the "A" check ... |
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ALL pilots are paranoid - that is, the ones that are still alive ... |
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What ? THOSE shoes with THAT dress ? Puh-leese … |
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Yes, but I think he's trying to make a statement of some sort. Or it could be a colorblindness issue. |
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//make a statement of some sort// Well, officer, it's like this. I was minding my own business,,, |
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