True story bro.

Derg said:
Personally, and I’m only a nerd on paper, but anything scientific should be metric.

I was watching the trailer for the new season of Star Trek Discovery and someone said something about an obstruction being 2000 feet in front of them.


I.

About.

LOST IT.
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The Apollo guidance computer used metric units internally, which were then converted to lbs, ft, ft/sec, nm etc., because pilots (astronauts) think “natively” in those units.

More information than you needed, but 1000’ is a lot easier than 300m to think about.
 
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Der_Meister said:
I see your metric vs SAE debate and raise you.

NM vs KM vs Mile
A nautical mile is based on the circumference of the planet Earth. If you were to cut the Earth in half at the equator, you could pick up one of the halves and look at the equator as a circle. You could divide that circle into 360 degrees. You could then divide a degree into 60 minutes. A minute of arc on the planet Earth is 1 nautical mile. This unit of measurement is used by all nations for air and sea travel.
A knot is a unit of measure for speed. If you are traveling at a speed of 1 nautical mile per hour, you are said to be traveling at a speed of 1 knot.


A kilometer is also defined using the planet Earth as a standard of distance. If you were to take the Earth and cut it in half along a line passing from the North Pole through Paris, and then measure the distance of the curve running from the North Pole to the equator on that circle, and then divide that distance by 10,000, you would have the traditional unit for the kilometer as defined in 1791 by the French Academy of Sciences.
A nautical mile is 1,852 meters, or 1.852 kilometers. In the English measurement system, a nautical mile is 1.1508 miles, or 6,076 feet.
To travel around the Earth at the equator, you would have to travel (360 * 60) 21,600 nautical miles, 24,857 miles or 40,003 kilometers.
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I think the through Paris part is the funniest. "The line MUST be through Paris or it won't work."

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bimmerphile said:
wait til they start building those a220s in Alabammer, left side of the airplane will end up 19mm the right 3/4in
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I've never worked on a 220, but I've never come across a metric fastener on any Bombardier airplane (which is what I consider the A220) I've worked on. I'll bet if you call tech Ops for an A220 your call will be routed to Montreal.
 
launchpad said:
Had a mechanic on the same plane scratching his head because he had to go dig out SAE sockets....I guess consistency isn't Airbus' thing...
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I know you probably know this, but the airplane is built out of a billion different subassemblies made by different subcontractors and the hardware used on each of those depends on what country and mood the manufacturer is in. Apparently the Âïrbùš Hélīcõptérė uses SAE on airframe and metric on engine, or vice versa.
 
Roger Roger said:
I know you probably know this, but the airplane is built out of a billion different subassemblies made by different subcontractors and the hardware used on each of those depends on what country and mood the manufacturer is in. Apparently the Âïrbùš Hélīcõptérė uses SAE on airframe and metric on engine, or vice versa.
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Just like a malaise era car [emoji14]

Body and chassis metric, engine SAE.


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Roger Roger said:
I know you probably know this, but the airplane is built out of a billion different subassemblies made by different subcontractors and the hardware used on each of those depends on what country and mood the manufacturer is in. Apparently the Âïrbùš Hélīcõptérė uses SAE on airframe and metric on engine, or vice versa.
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Look at any one feature and it was either designed by a genius, a maniac or a moron.

Or designed by geniuses to built by maniacs and flown by morons, as the case may be.
 
Maximillian_Jenius said:
I love G-1000!

Fight me haters!
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I used to love it but ours is starting to get long in the tooth. As it ages updates take away features because of the lack of processing power, switching between screens on the MFD has frequently been met with a permanent loading screen. Luckily everything can be done from the PFD but it takes forever to enter a new route by twisting a dial and not using the keypad.
 
Roger Roger said:
I know you probably know this, but the airplane is built out of a billion different subassemblies made by different subcontractors and the hardware used on each of those depends on what country and mood the manufacturer is in. Apparently the Âïrbùš Hélīcõptérė uses SAE on airframe and metric on engine, or vice versa.
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This should solve it!

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Markf64 said:
@Derg. Were you able to MEL the tray table, and get the plane home?
That must have been a rough flight...;)
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It was one in the cabin. I’ve only flown sans tray table once and magically “We’ve got a first class meal, tons of desserts, why don’t we just throw two of each up there so you and the copilot can help yourselves”
 
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