Pic Of The Day

Grahamu

Last night in Beaufort NC

Grahamu

The sailing vessel Kaizen from Bloody Bay CI.

YYZRC

Nice cans on her. 

rasbury

like to see her in full sail!

Grahamu

@rasbury me too, I was told the mainsail cost $450,000 to replace.

Dream_Inn

YYZRC said:

Nice cans on her. 

Geez, the number of times I've thought that but didn't say it out loud. Oh, not for a sailboat!😁

mattie

Finally got my Rinker (sale) gear from the states. Merry Xmas......1.5 years late arriving. 

aero3113

LoL, that’s crazy @mattie ! 😂

aero3113

A smart probe for my airplane. $67,000.00 ! 😳 The plane has 4 of them.

YYZRC

If in doubt, slather it in caulk!

randy56

And we thought boat parts were expensive. 

aero3113

@YYZRC this is what it looked like when I took the cover plate off. I forgot to take a pic when I was done but was way neater!! The sealant around the cover plate will be painted once it cures.

Ian

randy56 said:

And we thought boat parts were expensive. 

Just over 6 and half plane bucks….

YYZRC

Pitot tube? Planes are fascinating to me. 

aero3113

@YYZRC it is but on a G650 it’s not called that. It’s a smart probe, no separate air data computers, it’s all integrated in the black cylinder on each probe. No lines are hooked up to it either, all electronic.

TonyG13

I get it's not to be used as a hand hold, but why would it be hot?

aero3113

@TonyG13 , the prob is heated when the prob heat switch for the prob is turned on to prevent ice build up.

aero3113

And it gets very HOT!

YYZRC

Isn’t that why the Air France Airbus went down in the Atlantic many years ago - pitot freezing over?

aero3113

YYZRC said:

Isn’t that why the Air France Airbus went down in the Atlantic many years ago - pitot freezing over?

No, somehow they stalled the aircraft (flew too slow and lost lift or too much angle and lost lift) and they couldn’t recover.

aero3113

@YYZRC , you’re right. I just looked it up. They think ice crystals formed on the pitot and it gave them wrong info and they ended up stalling the aircraft.

Aqua_Aura

Our mechanic stood up directly under a heated probe and got a nice burn on the back of his neck 😂. 

They did get mixed information if I recall correctly they were stalled but the airspeed was increasing so rather than pitch down to break the stall they continued to hold pitch level and just stayed in a stalled attitude. The probes freezing over have them the bad information. 

DanD2

Just had to throw this in there......

MarkB

aero3113 said:

@YYZRC , you’re right. I just looked it up. They think ice crystals formed on the pitot and it gave them wrong info and they ended up stalling the aircraft.

They only rely on one? Or multiple sensor failure (which would be unusual)?

mattie

DanD2 said:

Just had to throw this in there......

@DanD2 Friggin sweet!

My 2022 sled is sitting at the dealer waiting for some covid microchips - lol. Still got my 2 Stroke back up sled anyway.

Could sell that MachZ for some serious mark up right now.......
Bullet fast equipment right there. Got the same motor in my 22.

aero3113

@MarkB if one fails the pilots are supposed to switch over to a good system. I guess it’s possible on an older aircraft for the complete system to fail.

rasbury

We had one when I was a kid and finally remembered the name..it was a fox trac and had a paw print as the emblem...broke more time than not...in the summertime they would have drag races on the wheat stubble fields...

J3ff

Just another day in FL, yesterday's trip out to go for a swim . 

Ian

aero3113 said:

@YYZRC , you’re right. I just looked it up. They think ice crystals formed on the pitot and it gave them wrong info and they ended up stalling the aircraft.

Yes. Stalling because they thought they were going down and kept pulling up and losing speed instead of the opposite and push down. 

rasbury

J3ff said:

Just another day in FL, yesterday's trip out to go for a swim . 

Nice jeff- I am launching tomorrow or Friday and going to a slip for a month! At least I can go sit and have a beer in the water!