Cars & Transportation: Aircraft: “Question: Types of failures in Prop engines?” plus 5 more |
- Question: Types of failures in Prop engines?
- Question: What is the required equipment and the general procedures for the removal of a turbine QECA package?
- Question: How come airplanes can go through clouds in sky but when the cloud on land and drive into it your car damages?
- Question: What are the required certificates and training for becoming an airline pilot?
- Question: Where can I get my Avionic Certificate online?
- Question: Where can you find used commercial airplanes for sale?
| Question: Types of failures in Prop engines? Posted: 15 Feb 2016 12:00 AM PST Airplane engines are NOT car engines. They are designed and constructed to run at constant speeds and at full throttle for several hours at a time. I doubt that just running at wide open throttle would have any such effect as you are apparently worried about. HOWEVER, a stopped PISTON engine means that the prop has stopped spinning too, and unless it can be "feathered" prior to failure, the prop will create some additional drag on the airframe and shorten the glide distance that the aircraft is capable of. Even then, fixed wing airplanes DO NOT just drop like a rock when the engine stops. As long as the wings are intact and can create lift, the airplane WILL glide a reasonable distance before coming to a stop on the ground. IF the pilot can reach a safe landing spot, then it is still possible to land the airplane without crashing and walk away from it.  |
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| Posted: 14 Feb 2016 08:19 PM PST If you drive through fog (cloud on the ground), don't see a rock, and run into it, sure you damage your car. If you fly into a cloud, don't see a rock (usually called a Mountain) and run into it, you will also damage your airplane. (quite badly) |
| Question: What are the required certificates and training for becoming an airline pilot? Posted: 14 Feb 2016 06:20 PM PST In the USA you must hold an Airline Transport Pilot certificate (ATP) for multi-engine aircraft. To earn one of those you must first obtain a private pilot certificate, followed by an instrument rating and a multi-engine rating, followed by a commercial pilot certificate. This will bring you to roughly 200-250 flight hours. To get to this point, plan on spending $60,000 to $80,000. To earn an ATP you will need a minimum of 1,500 flight hours, and to get those hours you'll need a job as a pilot. Since there are very few jobs for 200 hour pilots, you'll find yourself going back to flight school to earn an instructor rating - preferably all three (basic, instrument and multi-engine). Instructing is one of the few jobs a low time pilot is able to get. all three instructor ratings can set you back another $5,000 or so. A few hundred of hours of teaching can't hurt you and it will get you to 500 hours where you'll be eligible to fly day VFR charters, such as for a sightseeing company, or fly as a copilot on non-airline charter flights (not many of these jobs either). Once you reach 1500 hours, and have logged enough experience of different required types (night time, cross-country, pilot-in-command time, etc) then you become eligible to take the written and flight test to get the ATP certificate, which will cost you several dollars thousand more. At that point, if you do not have a college degree, you'll be SOL because you won't be competitive for an airline job. To fly for a major airline you'll need a 4 year degree to be seriously considered. You might get hired at a regional airline with only a 2 year degree, but you might not, so figure in the cost of a 4 year degree to become an airline pilot on top of training costs. Now, a regional airline might hire you with an ATP and only 1500 hours, but it is far from guaranteed. It depends on the state of the economy and airline business at the time you're looking for a job. A major airline won't look twice at your resume if you've only got 1,500 hours unless it is military flying. In fact, they generally won't take an interest until you have 4,000 to 5,000 hours. So, there you'll be, barely making ends meet on a regional airline pilot salary for anywhere between 3 to 10 years depending how long it takes you to get a year or two of captain time under your belt. By the time you've accomplished all of the above, you're going to be at least 30 years old and you'll probably still be struggling to pay off college and training loans. There is no guarantee that a major airline will hire you. It's about a 60% chance. Anything or any combination of things on your record -- bad driving record, poor credit rating, poor employment record, flying violation or accident, medical issues and legal issues, or even your personality itself -- might prevent you from moving up to a major airline. Doesn't sound so easy, does it? High expense, no guarantees, and what I didn't mention, it is a fickle and volatile industry in which you could potentially be out of a job at any time if the stars line up badly for you. Look at the number of airlines there currently are. Now look at all the failed airlines that used to exist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_de... Want stability and a good salary? Go into the medical profession instead. |
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| Question: Where can you find used commercial airplanes for sale? Posted: 14 Feb 2016 07:44 AM PST At a used airplane store? Pretty much ALL airplanes CAN be used for some sort of commercial purposes, so a "Commercial Airplane" can be anything from a Cessna 152 trainer to a Boeing 747. Maybe you need to define YOUR idea of what kind of airplane you are looking for... |
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