No. I will not hoon the jet.

"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
12/10/2013 at 10:14 • Filed to: None

Also, Newark = Plague....again this week. Please avoid it. Upcoming: A nice planelopnik post on aircraft de-icing

DISCUSSION (17)

Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole > Grindintosecond
12/10/2013 at 10:19

As in you're the de-icer, or the de-icee? I had a side job at Detroit Metro a few years ago de-icing jets. Kinda fun if you're in the boom, not so much if you're the one in the truck who has to get out and use the fire hose on the smaller aircraft.

Grindintosecond > Dukie - Jalopnik Emergency Management Asshole
12/10/2013 at 10:25

Getting deiced....again. surounded by wide fields of snowy pavement and a 0 wheel drive.

For Sweden > Grindintosecond
12/10/2013 at 10:27

Have you heard about the deicing issues on a legacy Boeing jet that Boeing just found this year?

getchapopcorn > Grindintosecond
12/10/2013 at 10:29

You will not hoon it in the snow?

You will not hoon it on the go?

No flaps extended for soft ground?

No time to go and horse around?

Newey would be proud to see,

blown flaps like back in grand prix.

But, alas

No hoon in you. No hoon in you.

No aeronautical tomfoolery will ensue.

How sad this makes me, turns me blue,

To hear there's not a hoon in you. :(

Chris Clarke > Grindintosecond
12/10/2013 at 10:30

I really want to hop in the plane and try to do donuts. I'm pretty sure I'd get hoon of the day.

Grindintosecond > getchapopcorn
12/10/2013 at 10:39

Thank you for this. The only thing I would add is FAA action on such....action...

Grindintosecond > Chris Clarke
12/10/2013 at 10:49

Well, things can happen in the motion simulators just from training...its something I've thought about posting on....

getchapopcorn > For Sweden
12/10/2013 at 11:28

You talking about that 737 that had a near-stall back in November? Or all of the crap the 787 is having?

For Sweden > getchapopcorn
12/10/2013 at 11:32

If the 737 tail trim tab is not set properly before deicing and not deiced properly, the trim mechanism can be destroyed.

getchapopcorn > For Sweden
12/10/2013 at 11:51

Something about the fluid getting in and freezing the input arms to the pcu's for the horizontal stabilizers when trim was fully forward and fluid was applied from the side, right? Nuts that this problem hadn't presented itself yet such that Boeing was, evidently, only JUST realizing it could be a potential problem.

For Sweden > getchapopcorn
12/10/2013 at 11:53

Can't tell if sarcasm...

getchapopcorn > Grindintosecond
12/10/2013 at 12:03

I won't tell if you won't. Haha

Gizmo - The Only Good Gremlin, but don't feed me after Midnight > Grindintosecond
12/10/2013 at 18:15

Rats, as soon as I saw "hoon the jet", my mind flashed thru numerous exciting times hooning in the air and I just knew this would be filled with stories of military and civilian aircraft stories. Then again, what's the statute of limitations for violating FAA regulations???

Oh, the stories I could tell... but I have to kill you afterwards.

Grindintosecond > For Sweden
12/10/2013 at 22:16

It's not just on the NEW Boeing planes. Several planes out there have trim tab settings for deice purposes to deflect fluid away from or close off the openings to the internal bellcranks/jackscrews/servomotors/actuators that control the elevator surfaces and trim systems. Usually full nose down trim does it on the planes i've been flying but other planes have other settings im sure, whatever works for those manufacturers. It's really preventing the fluid from getting inside and later on when it cools down in flight causing control stiffness or trim issues.

For Sweden > Grindintosecond
12/10/2013 at 22:36

All I know is, I attended a conference where the Boeing rep said "Every 737 ever made has this de-ice issue."

Grindintosecond > For Sweden
12/10/2013 at 22:46

I don't doubt that at all. Alot of planes have the issues. It's just a setting in the checklists to adjust for that process and it's solved.

getchapopcorn > For Sweden
12/11/2013 at 00:17

uncomfortable bemusement