reply to post by gottago
Edit to add: we landed men on the moon by RC using 1969 tech and primitive computers
Could NOT be more incorrect if you tried!!!!!!
Fail! Next?
....of course we had the ability to RC a commercial jet in 2001. Really, where's the debate on this? I'd be shocked it we
didn't.
Well, I am shocked that people believe this dreck.
As has been pointed out, by others....the MOST SIMPLE way for any pilot to defeat these "take-over" fantasies is just to remove the electrical
power.
No need even to 'hunt' for a particular circuit breaker....since if a "stealth' system might be wired into a circuit, and not labeled....just
DE-POWER the complete Bus!!!!
For those who don't know what a 'bus' is...it is an electrical "common" point, where all components are wired to, through of course the C/Bs,for
electrical energy distribution.
IT IS A 'distribution' "BUS".
See yet?
Each 'bus' must be supplied its electricity...when in flight, this comes from (on a two-engined airplane) THREE possible sources.
Of course, EACH engine runs a generator, via an accessory gearbox arrangement of some sort....the Generator produces AC power, which is controlled to
come out as 115/120 VAC. This requires the generator to be at a certain speed...and that is the extra-credit for anyone who can explain that process,
using proper terms....because I doubt you'll find it on the Internet!).
But, I said there were THREE possible electrical sources! Yes, there is also the APU (Auxiliarry Power Unit) which is basically a small jet engine,
because it burns the same fuel (Jet-A) as the main engines...but it ALSO has a generator attached to it.
EACH of the electrical outputs of these THREE sources can be routed any way the pilot selects....usually it is automatic, but the pilots have complete
control over the distribution patterns. Via switches in the cockpit.
NORMALLY, swithing is done by internal sensors, and take the place of the old days, when a HUMAN "Third Officer" was required to monitor and
assist...NOW, this is more automated.
HOWEVER....there is NOTHING that a pilot does not know about his airplane, and its systems.
IF FORCED to, a pilot can ALWAYS de-power everything (IF in the incredible scenario posited here, that
somehow there was this fantastic
"take-over" electronically....)...then by 'de-powering' down to the stand-by system....which is JUST the aircraft batteries....TWO (or ONE)28VDC
batterie(s) in series (or singly) and an 'inverter' to provide AC power to basic instruments that require AC....THAT is how REAL airplanes are
designed, and how pilots are trained, and what we know and what we learn and WHAT those who attempt to tell you otherwise HAVE NO IDEA what they're
talking about....
THIS IS THE basic amount of knowledge I can try to convey online.
UNLESS you are able to learn about flying, and becoming a pilot, and work through all of the complexities of the various airplanes, as you learn moe
and more....then you may not understand what I am saying, here.
BECAUSE....over thirty years ago, when I was just flying small airplanes, like Cessnas and Beechcraft and Pipers....this would have seemed WAY above
my head, too.
However....now, it is second nature to me....it IS my professional expertise.