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  • mkwt@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzAeroplane
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    2 days ago

    I’m pretty sure on newer 737s the autopilot disconnects when it detects a sufficient physical force on the yoke.

    On airplanes that don’t do this, the autopilot servos are clutched so that you can still override them by applying a specified amount of force. There are reinforced points on the bottom of the dash panel that you can use with your foot to get leverage to help with this.

    (This also applies as a backup on planes that do disconnect)




  • mkwt@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzAeroplane
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    Some more practical tips.

    • if the autopilot is engaged, you can’t physically move the wheels, because it is moving them for you. Press the red button on the steering wheel to disconnect autopilot.
    • That IAS tape on the left of the sky/ground box is the most important thing on the plane. It’s got red bands on the high side and low side that you should stay out of.
    • if the plane tells you there’s a “stall, stall” you need to push the wheels forward to make the nose go down. And keep the speed above that lower red band.
    • the black button on the wheel is the push-to-talk to talk on the radio, or maybe the internal PA system. Depends how it’s set up.
    • most important: the switch for the “fasten seatbelt” sign is usually on the bottom of the top panel. You can flip it on and off as much as you want. (Older planes will also let you do this with the “no smoking” sign).

  • There’s a federal rule that says that if you can prove that the prosecution is vindictive or selective, then the case is dismissed.

    A prosecution is vindictive if it is only happening because of personal animus against the defendant. You have to prove that the animus caused the prosecution, in a legal “but for” sense.

    A prosecution is selective if you’re getting singled out. That is, if other people in similar circumstances are not getting charged for the same behavior, but you are. For example, Attorney General James alleges that Ken Paxton is also a state Attorney General, and he also has multiple “second homes” with mortgages that he rents out and never visits, but somehow he has not been charged.

    James is alleging both vindictive and selective prosecution, but she only has to prove either one or the other to get the case dismissed.


  • What the fuck is Justice Jackson doing ?

    Here’s one analysis:

    Jackson gets this application because it’s from the 1st circuit, and she is assigned to initially handle all shadow docket matters from the 1st circuit. By writing this admin stay, she potentially keeps the full court from stepping in and doing it for her. And this way she gets to set the 48 hour limit. This could cause the whole case to be decided one way or another a lot faster.

    The supreme court let the trans passport case sit on the shadow “emergency” docket for 48 days. This stay gives the 1st circuit approx the weekend to make their decision, then the 48 hour deadline puts some oomph on the rest of scotus to make their decision.

    If Justice Jackson did nothing, and 5 votes on the court intervened to issue a stay at 1 am, then there would be no 48 hour limit.