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In Topic: Qantas Plane Forced To Land In Bangkok

2011-01-26 18:11:14

View Post1forjohnny, on 2011-01-26 17:57:09, said:

All I know is that when Australians maintained all Qantas Frames and that included minor, major and deep level services (DLM overhauls) there were no problems what so ever. Now that most major services and DLM's are outsources to the lowest bidders out side of Australia we are seeing the result of this cost cutting.

Avoid flying Qantas for now, well until one crashes then thing may go back to the good old days after the finger pointing game ends.

1-fuh, you don't know what you're talking about.  Aircraft maintanence is done as checks: A Check, B Check, C Check and D Check.  Aircraft Maintenance

In the general aviation industry there is no such thing as a "DML overhaul".  In fact, the only reference I can find relates to the Australian military and appears to be a localised term.

Virgil, Out!

In Topic: Qantas Plane Forced To Land In Bangkok

2011-01-26 17:34:11

View PostBKKBrit, on 2011-01-26 17:12:16, said:

View Postpdrhan, on 2011-01-26 16:03:45, said:

View PostBasil B, on 2011-01-26 15:52:20, said:

Wounder if they will pin the blaim on Rolls Royce again :whistling:

Naahh most of 747 fleet is equipped with PW engines...(Pratt & Witney)

All of QF's B747 fleet are powered by Rolls Royce RB211s.

That's right BKKBrit.  Qantas has preferred RR since the days of the old 707 V-Jets.  On the 747-400 aircraft I believe they are using the RR RB211-524G-T.  However, they use GE Engines on their 747-400ER aircraft, of which they have 6 (VH-OEE to VH-OEJ)  Here is the link to the Qantas 747-400 Longreach specs:

Qantas 747-400 Longreach and Qantas 747-400ER


This little piece is interesting too:

Qantas Loses Another Rolls Royce Engine

Cheers,

Virgil

In Topic: Thailand To Sell Eggs By The Kilo From Next Month

2011-01-21 05:17:32

View Posttaff33, on 2011-01-19 16:19:35, said:

They must have stayed up all nite the think of that.

Well I was !!! ... I just couldn't fathom how changing the way eggs are sold from the dozen to the kilo was going to save me or anyone else any money.  I mean, if you want a dozen eggs at 65g each you've got to buy 780g of eggs.  Whether it be by the dozen or kilo, it is still 780g of eggs ....... then it hit me ....... we can all count up to twelve ..... but few of us (if any) ever check the accuracy of the scales.  The scales, I'm sure, will demonstrate clearly that 11 x 65 = 780 !!!

Cheers folks

V.

PS:  Yes, I'm still around, even though I haven't posted here for around twelve months.

In Topic: Lucky Escape As Lift Plunges 10 Floors At Pattaya Hotel

2010-07-25 20:37:26

Being at least 18 floors high the lifts will run on cable with a counter weight.  These lifts have two safety measures that I'm aware of:  the first is a clutch that is held open by a solenoid.  No power and the clutch closes causes a breaking effect.  They also have an over-speed system, which could be either hydraulic or mechnical (never electrical because it is meant to activate in the event of no power).  Basically, when the system gets too fast hydraulic fluid is pumped into a ram that has a breaking effect.  My understanding is that these won't actually stop a heavily loaded lift, just slow it down to a life-saving speed.

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