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Tough choices ! (At least in my case) I wanted vehicle # 1 Ended up with vehicle # 2 Yves.

I used to play Bass pretty seriously, but nowadays, it's only to have fun. Yves.

Interesting! Yves. Any suggestions for the canopy? Yves.

So what do we got, so far? Rig#5 Canopy 1 1 vote Rig#5 Canopy 7 1 vote Rig#5 Canopy 10 1 vote Rig#6 Canopy 4 1 vote Rig#5 leads the race !

Congrats Tonto. En route for the 10000th. Yves.

Sorry sunshine! I've got my hands full with the French forum! Must have missed your cat surgery!

Of course! The Skyhawks! Yves.

What happened to Peanut??? Peanut4040? Yves.

Good choice! Yves.

You make a good point here. However, the canopy before my last one (the one I have on my avatar) was full white, let alone the World Wrestling Federation logo it had underneath. It was extremely visible, but a white canopy is always dirty, due to packing, especially the center cell. Yves.

Ok, so.. I’m looking to buy a new rig, and I’ve narrowed my choice to the following : 1 : http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3862709 2 : http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3862708 3 : http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3862707 4 : http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3862706 5 : http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3862705 6 : http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3862704 And the canopy : 7 : http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3862703 8 : http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3862702 9 : http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3862701 10 : http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3862700 11 : http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3862699 So what’d ya think? Yves.

For your information, aluminum wiring is being used on the A380. When an airplane is designed, from the ground up, to incorporate IFE systems, then it's easier. Kapton wiring insulation is a possibility (but i guess you remember Swissair 111, that crashed on 9-2-1998, in Nova-Scotia, where Kapton/Tefzel insulated wiring was listed as a factor for the crash) Kapton wiring is still being used by aircraft manufacturers. http://www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/756098-y1wVq6/webviewable/756098.pdf http://www.vision.net.au/~apaterson/aviation/wire_types.htm Yves.

Yes you can retrofit IFE, to just about any airplane. This is no big deal. It can be done. BUT, the fact is that IFE retrofitting, adds a lot of weight to an airplane, and this added weight decreases both the payload capacity, and range of the aircraft. The heavier the aircraft is=less money made, for an airline. Simple economics. Copper wiring has better conductivity than aluminum wiring, but aluminum is lighter than copper. There are solutions to this dilemma. http://www.shibata.co.jp/etxt/3_f_f2.htm The problem with aluminum wiring, is the amount of flex, aluminum wiring can take. You just can't bend aluminum many times... It breaks. So the long term integrity of aluminum wiring is still a mistery.. The wire bundles must be wrapped very tight, so the wires do not vibrate. Yves.

I'm not an aerospace engineer, so I don't have all the answers. I do know that in lieu of wires, fiber-optics could be used instead, higher capacity, much lower weight, less material, less space. Keeping the design of the 747 around isn't that big of a deal, look at other applications still in use to this day: B-52, 737, DC-10/MD-11, plus a host of Airbus airframes that have seen a lot of use too. Fiberoptics transports DATA, not energy. Fiberoptics transports light. The big LCD screen you have on each of your airline seats (Up to 863, in the case of the A388), still need copper or aluminum wires to provide the necessary power to the LCD for it to operate. With so many things to provide power to, can you imagine the size of the wire bundles??? Fiber optic cables are used for sensor data acquisition/communication, and saves a LOT of weight in an airplane. Still, power is needed at both ends of a fiber optic cable, because optical signals, must me converted to electrical signals. Yves.

They can!

I'd be extremely surprised if Emirates cancel their order. They need the planes. They've ordered 45 of them. What they're doing right now, is stepping on Airbus's toes, so they can get a better package deal, to compensate for the delay. Pure business negociations IMHO.

Of course, Airbus and Boeing have different design philosophies. You can take a different path, and still arrive at the same place, at the same time.

But there was that Boeing that crashed last year (2years ago?) because the pilot put in such bootfuls of rudder that the tail ripped off. Envelope protection for that aircraft would have been good, right? I think you're wrong. The plane that got a ripped off vertical stabilizer was, in fact, an Airbus A300 (AA) I'm not aware of an incident involving a Boeing with a ripped off tail. Yves.

I'd be extremely surprised if Emirates cancel their order. They need the planes. They've ordered 45 of them. What they're doing right now, is stepping on Airbus's toes, so they can get a better package deal, to compensate for the delay. Pure business negociations IMHO.

You guys need to take a deep breath.. http://en.carnoc.com/list/1/1294.html EDIT: to add the following link. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aBN_NV6ffCk0&refer=home Yves.

Don't need snails. I've already got plenty of them too, but I manage to keep'em under control. Controlled feeding, is the key to effective snail management!

Careful! Remi's been hired as my personal adviser, and he's updating my "To ban next" list, on a regular basis! Yves.

Thank you guys!

Good!

Thanks Remi for all you've done. You'll be missed. And.. by the way... Thanks for all those locked threads! Yves.