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Quick_Nick said:
I don't know. I just plug an Ethernet into my dorm room. :lol: Only two weeks left of this. :( Really though, such high speeds only come from torrents. (yay for seeders!) For most other downloads, speed gets limited by the host's end.
Maybe I should transfer universities. Austin is getting Google Fiber...
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How come you're leaving? You already graduating?
 
Oh my god...:lol:

That is...so wrong...and humorous. :lol:

[rant]

1. Summer class today, was freaking hot, haven't got any sleep last night so i was completely sleepy when i rode my bike to school at around 10AM - only to find out that the geometry teachers were on vacation. Had to wait for an hour to find out the horribly annoying news, went back home at 12 noon, which was even more hot. I think i've dehydrated myself today. :facepalm:

2. My connection is going at 50 b/s now, why must this happen? :dry:

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Watching a splice of a podcast I watch, where they play a game called 'Gavin or Google' (Gavin being the stupid member of the podcast, the other being google). One of the questions was "How many buttons on a two-button suit. It was google. Let's just say...I'm moving to the Moon.
 
Galactic Penguin SST said:
Chinese pilots that almost don't speak English..... :rofl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWDEIvjwaFU

Russian ATC that doesn't even recognize what is a "birdstrike".... :facepalm:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lICb8p9SvvM
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That Airchina 981 pilot should be banned from international flights. It is obvious that he could not understand the controllers instructions and could have put other traffic in danger.

The other is just funny. But at least the controller did his job and helped the Mayday down to a safe landing. after that...

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MattBaker said:
Actual question: Can a birdstrike happen with a Turboprop aircraft?
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yes.. ill get some photos

Aftermath of a Birdstrike note a bird can hit anywhere and be counted as a birdstrike.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Croatia---Air/Mil-Mi-8MTV-1/0672696/&sid=ed9f4af098015fa2a57742318fa2f48d

http://www.airliners.net/photo/KLM-Cityhopper/Fokker-70-(F-28-0070)/0477279/&sid=ed9f4af098015fa2a57742318fa2f48d

Light planes are also not immune.
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Beech-23...-Musketeer/0022333/&sid=ed9f4af098015fa2a57742318fa2f48d
 
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MattBaker said:
Actual question: Can a birdstrike happen with a Turboprop aircraft?
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Sure, just as often as for other planes. A turboprop does not ingest chicken better, because it arrives as chop-suey. And they rarely have armored window panes.
 
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So a birdstrike is not only defined as bird->engine but bird->plane? Well if a dove can turn a car windshield into Verdun, why not?
 
Correct. If it hits ANYWHERE, it's a birdstrike. Friend of my dad's is an MD-11 pilot for FedEx, and has an ineresting story about the time he took a duck through the wingtip just after wheels up. :shifty: Let's just say that they needed to replace the wingtip entirely.
 
MaverickSawyer said:
Correct. If it hits ANYWHERE, it's a birdstrike. Friend of my dad's is an MD-11 pilot for FedEx, and has an ineresting story about the time he took a duck through the wingtip just after wheels up. :shifty: Let's just say that they needed to replace the wingtip entirely.
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Considering how hard this aircraft was to fly just missing the wingtip and a tiny part of the stabilizer that was surely not the best day at work.
 
Not really... Just a "THUD" and a bunch of alarms from the fuel management systems. It somehow punctured the fuel tank in that wing (that formed the wing? Can't recall if it's a wet wing arrangement...)
 
MaverickSawyer said:
Not really... Just a "THUD" and a bunch of alarms from the fuel management systems. It somehow punctured the fuel tank in that wing (that formed the wing? Can't recall if it's a wet wing arrangement...)
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Must not be a wet wing arrangement... if the damage propagates, it could also cause tiny leaks some distance away, if the bird is heavy enough. Only self-sealing tanks are really immune against such damage.

And according to this cut-away, the wing is wet.

http://www.flightglobal.com/airspac...06cutaways/images/8837/mcdd-md-11-cutaway.jpg
 
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From what I recall, the leak was several pounds per minute, which was a really big issue even if they were allowed to continue the flight. However, SOP stated that they were to abort the flight and return immediately.

THis is actually a fairly common incident at SMF, where I used to work. It's smack in the center of a major migration corridor. At most airports, a bird strike of any kind is big news. Here, if it's a duck or larger, it's of note. Blackbirds, starlings, larks? Pfft. They don't even make the back of the local news. :P Still, they always go around, check out the aircraft, then land and ground it until a thorough assesment has been completed... and samples have been collected. :sick: I helped with the "Splat the Bat" incident in October at SMF by putting the belt loader into position so that the mechanic could get to the copilot's main window to clean it off.
 
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