Originally posted by kev35
Wysiwyg.

If you have timw can you explain what this rotational movement is and how it affects the aircraft please?

Thanks,

kev35

Mind if i take a shot Wys!:p

Kev aircraft rotation movement is scheduled planning which effectly supports in creating optimized timetables, thus increasing aircraft productivity.

Originally posted by skycruiser
This plane is currently parked up at Hong Kong at the moment.
Just for some useless info, some crew have been air sick on the new A340-600 due to a circular movement of the aircraft because of the long body. Just thought you might like to know!!!!

for my liking this bird is way too long….now what u mentiones Skycruiser…a serious defect in aircraft design?

Happy B’Day Comet!

U gotta treat me to a Heneiken!:D

Originally posted by wysiwyg
A few points –

Kabir’s turbulence summary is faultless.

Pilots don’t advance the thrust levers on modern jets, autothrottles do after the pilots press the TOGA switches.

Most take offs are completed with the thrust reduced (derated) to a minimum level that still guarantees adequate performance. This allows greater time between major overhauls reducing down time. Every now and then it is a requirement that we carry out a full power take off to ensure that the aircraft systems are still capable of generating full power. Also some locations (eg my departure out of Funchal yesterday) require a full power take off for performance reasons. From this you can see that the smoothness of take off thrust application is not type dependant but dependant on circumstance.

Another factor worth considering is that short haul aircraft more frequently fly out of performance limited airports than long haul aircraft, eg Funchal, Aberdeen, Genoa, Guernsey, etc.

regards
wys

dont the jet winds and ground winds also play a major factor in take-offs Wys?

turbulance is not in the hands of the pilot nor in the hand of aircrafty…its in the hands of god. Although yes technology has helped making flight smoother but to a very large extent if turbulance is headed your way you have to go thruough it unless alter. are made.

Originally posted by Bhoy
Kab, she’s talking about BA using Club World and First as cash cows…

did you know that filling the First Class cabin on an average Transatlantic flight covers the operating expenses of the whole flight, and whatever pax are in Club World/Economy are just profit?

As regards Concorde’s price, well, I dunno enough about the running costs and the restrictions on R class travel to comment.

oh ok thanx Bhoy for the correction…but still even in general terms i mean that.