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Flight data resilience
A description of different methods to make flight control computers more resilient against misleading sensor data.
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Engineering Pilot Blog
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- Sep 19, 2022
Challenging the Pitot tube: Optical air data
A radically different method to optain air data, based on optical measurements.
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- Jun 16, 2022
Beyond Vmo/Mmo: A closer look at high-speed certification rules
Design considerations for speeds above VMO/MMO.
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- Apr 11, 2022
GLS: A landing system struggling to take off
A discussion about GLS and its associated challenges.
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- Jan 19, 2022
5G vs. Radar altimeter: a déjà vu
Radar altimeters are used on aircraft to measure the height above the surface. They have been in use for decades onboard large airliners...
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- Dec 17, 2021
Rolling dynamics – understanding an airplane’s reaction to a roll command
No matter if we look at an aerobatic trainer, a jet fighter or a transport category airliner, they all execute rolling maneuvers on a...
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- Oct 23, 2021
Wind profiler and RASS – advanced weather sensors
wind profiler radar and RASS
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- Sep 4, 2021
Beyond the numbers: OEI climbing speeds
Climbing with One Engine Inoperative (OEI) is certainly not an everyday situation. When the need for such a maneuver arises, adherence to...
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- Jul 2, 2021
RVSM performance monitoring - Why, Where and How
Almost 40 years ago, the initial discussions at ICAO level took place to implement Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM) in some...
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- Apr 13, 2021
Single Event Effects - The Achilles heel of modern aerospace electronics
The Wright Flyer contained no electronics whatsoever. Sputnik I was quite simple, consisting of two transmitters based on tube...
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- Feb 22, 2021
Landing caveats – Considerations on how to get on the ground safely.
The “softness of touchdown” or passenger’s applause are certainly NOT valid rating scales for the quality of a landing. In fact, a good...
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- Jan 19, 2021
Aircraft-Pilot Coupling – Understanding why and how it happens.
The topic of Aircraft-Pilot Coupling (APC) has historically been referred to as “pilot-induced oscillation” or “pilot-involved...
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- Dec 1, 2020
A “new spin” on spins
EASA and FAA have significantly modified the stall-spin requirements for part 23 aircraft during the recent re-write of CS/FAR23. The...
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- Oct 5, 2020
AMDAR – the unknown giant
The airborne communication domain is currently subject to a significant re-design and very interesting applications are on the horizon...
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- Aug 26, 2020
Maneuvering effects
When an aircraft performs turns, pull-up’s or push-over’s, many things are different from the “straight-and-level” regime. Engineers...
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- Jul 4, 2020
How to climb - and why...
This article deals with the flight segment after the takeoff phase until reaching the cruise altitude.
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- May 1, 2020
Accident case study: Misleading attitude
The mishap aircraft was a cargo version of the Bombardier CRJ series on a routine cargo flight from Oslo/Gardermoen Airport (ENGM) to Tromsø
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- Mar 20, 2020
Successfully navigating RF legs
A short article merging airworthiness requirements with operational procedures to enable flight crews to cope with RF legs.
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- Jan 5, 2020
It is about time…
If you are involved in commercial air transport, it might be a good idea to get used to the terms RBT, RTA, CTA and TBO...
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- Oct 8, 2019
Getting to the right place
This post is all about getting navigation data from the "books" to the aircraft in order to successfully navigate the globe...
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