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I suppose the pilot didn't get his emergency oxygen on and working in time - perhaps he never even attempted that before he got too impaired from lack of oxygen. The oxygen 'should' be the number one priority but obviously for some reasons he got his priorities in other order.

-Esa

If you are willing to share, it would be interesting to know the year models of the two.

-Esa

That makes sense, thanks, Esa! I was wondering how and at which altitude or pressure it tripped. I've been digging pretty deep into the 777 lately but I couldn't remember if they gave any specifics. No problem. I might as well add some further points. :) Using the 737 as an example, there is a simi...

I agree with all that you say, TJ. I wonder how many of lower horsepower Cherokees were produced at the time they shared common serial numbering, that is, before 1967. This means excluding, among the others, 160 hp tapered wing 'Warrior', as it was later branded. -151/-161 Warriors (150/160 hp) and ...

Hey Peter, like your you tube videos. Me too - good that you noted, I would have missed. :) Regarding the swappable engines, it was discussed that the -150, -160 and -180 were the only ones where the option would make any sense. And of those, the modeled -180 was so clearly the best model, that opt...

This actually was discussed when the previews came available in late production: the engines are not interchangeable in real life, and they aren't interchangeable in the sim either. In real life, Cherokees with different horsepower engines are actually whole different models. About the only exceptio...

Not sure what's the issue with it - anyway, I drive a car by my left hand with no issues or having a feeling of being forced to. :) Duplicating the throttle controls is just unnecessary for the kind of flying the 'normal' planes are used for. Moreover, think about flying from the left seat with 'rig...

Just as Lyn said! One detail to add is that in light planes the rolling moment arms created by people inside are very small due to short distance from the aircraft's center line. That is, when compared to the effect of fuel imbalance or prop wash. Flying with pilot only makes a noticeable effect but...

It's just that the engine controls and much of the avionics are shared by both seats. Likewise, a Cessna or Piper is driven by left hand from left seat, while right hand uses the throttle etc. On right seat, the use of hands is reversed. In helicopters, the pilot's seat is actually the right one for...

how does an airliner's "sudden loss of cabin pressure" detection circuit work where the masks drop down automatically? Is there a percent difference formula or some delta between settings that they pop down at? At least in 737, the mask release circuit works just by a pressure switch (loc...

Can the sense of euphoria encourage you to fly higher than you otherwise might? At least here in Europe, the highest you can go is limited by the regulations (cockpit crew performing a safety critical function needs to use the oxygen whenever the cabin altitude exceeds 10000 ft for more than 30 min...

Yes, the gusts happen over tens of meters of air usually. Not over a nanometer (oddly, for the whole length of an aircraft at once :mrgreen: ) what you experience in FSX. They may be rough, but not instant changes affecting the whole aircraft. In reality, when flying a glider for example, you can ac...

Using default FSX weather, Do you have any 3rd party weather programs installed? We don't touch weather or wind gusts. I think that's the problem. FSX default weather gusts (and many addon weather gusts too) are simply steaming scheisse. They are instant plus-minus x knots to the wind vector, and a...

I rest my case, if pressurization problem truly was the cause of this.

-Esa

Tim-HH wrote:From what I've read the pilot also owned a TBM 700. So he had most likely quite some experience with the cabin pressurization system.

Though so did these guys [6.5 MB].

The pressurization issue is truly one of the most sneaky killers there is in aviation, if undetected.

-Esa