Ok, I'll try to respond to all of your questions It is a two-spool machine, with the <acronym title="Lompoc (LPC), USA - California">LPC</acronym> on the <acronym title="Lan Peru">LP</acronym> shaft. With such a high pressure ratio on the <acronym title="Lan Peru">LP</acronym> shaft I naturally have...
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Hi there, Yes I can do it, I can even specify a minimum pressure drop in the HPT. I have an airflow in standard sea-level conditions of 230 kg/s (fan diameter of 1.3m). Fan and <acronym title="Lompoc (LPC), USA - California">LPC</acronym> efficiency is 0.85 (tip speed 500 m/s) and HPC efficiency is ...
Jump to postActually, that title might induce people into error. The French Bank will buy two A340s (source unknown, NOT Tap) and Tap will do the maintenance (125 million euros over 10 years, as I heard it). I don't know who will provide flight crews. One thing is for sure: those airplanes are definitively not ...
Jump to postWell, I do believ things would work better that way but I am not that passionate about it. I am usually very passionate about what I defend and if it was the abolition of monarchy (if we had one) or bullfights, for example, I would do that. As it stands I think it is just a matter of political organ...
Jump to postI just checked out that programme, it isn't exactly what I need but the results I get are approximatelly the same (it does not do optimization, though). But thanks anyway.
Jump to postI would like to but I am not exactly in a position of power to do that... and since in Portugal changes to the Constitution can not be approved by referendum (only by a 2/3 majority in Parliament) there is little chance of that happening. Besides, I am the only person I know of that defends this... ...
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Jump to postI'm with TedTAce, I love the red-heads as well. But at the moment my favourite ones are Kirsten Dunst, Nicole Kidman and Michelle Pfeiffer. Not that they have a lot in common...
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Jump to postHi there, I am currently a senior on Aerospace Engineering at my University. Instead of being a sensible person and sticking to the final projects in the list I decided to propose one myself and am now paying the penalty... My project involves the preliminary sizing of a jet engine for a supersonic ...
Jump to postI absolutely can't touch peas, I don't know why. On the other hands, I love beans.
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I have a beagle myself (a 4-year-old male) and they are probably the most stubborn breed of dogs there is. They are very smart in that they understand most things other dogs would respond to but just obey. So I guess you have a problem... If you figure out how to get a beagle to do something you wan...
Jump to postQantasForever, you probably misunderstood parts of my post but it was still good to hear your reply. I am not afraid to express my profound disgust for any sort of monarchy. I just think you brought up a perfectly valid subject but in order not to provoke a stir from the Monarchists you skirted the ...
Jump to postI just loved that show when I was a kid but seeing reruns of it on TV just now makes me want to slap my 10-year-old self.
But admittedly for a few years I thought every US university had barricade contests...
Miguel
UK had a few problems a while ago, I think they even grounded their fleet. If it was exactly the same problem or not I don't know. Portugal has only received 5 from its 12 helicopter order, they aren't even operational yet (only used for training) so I doubt we are having the same problems just yet....
Jump to postI understand that you do not want to bring this topic up because even the suggestion of republic is an offense to many, as can be seen from this thread, but the real topic should be: Monarchy must end, it is incompatible with Democracy, even if "legitimized" by a referendum. Just think about it: you...
Jump to postI may be wrong but I believe the brace position only exists precisely because there are no 3-point seatbelts in aircraft.
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Jump to postI don't know if it is true but I once heard a story about someone in Lisbon trying to pass a "leitão" (basically an entire roasted piglet) as hand-luggage. The guy who was handling the X-Ray machine just saw a skeleton in his screen and stopped them right there.
Great topic!
Miguel
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Jump to postSometimes people think Portugal is somewhere in South America... at least is better than to be mistaken for the guys next door (which also happens and tends to really piss me off).
Miguel
I heard they had massive development problems with the engine cooling... It is not easy to keep 1001 horses fresh. Keep an eye on the thermometer...
Miguel
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Jump to postBacalhau à Brás... not that it means anything for most of you (its codfish in case anyone is interested).
Miguel
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Jump to postWhy, besides a sense of human pride, would someone go to the moon again?
In the words of Officer Barbrady: "Move along people, there's nothing to see here."
Seriously, as much as I like aviation and space it is just useless to go there again.
Miguel
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Jump to postI to am a die-hard Tiffosi but this is the first year I actually wish someone else to win, Tiago Monteiro... He is a good pilot but with a Jordan he doesn't stand a chance.
Still, great 8th place with the car he has.
Cheers,
Miguel
I guess Fred Phelps was right...
Just kidding, but it is really surprising extremism has reached such lows. I hope you swedes are smarter than that and don't vote those women to Parliament.
Miguel
I don't really know how it is in the UK but in Portugal fuel taxes haven't really increased, percentage-wise. It is ridiculous to fault the government of high fuel prices because if they cut fuel taxes they have to increase it somewhere else...
Miguel
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Jump to postI have never been to an American school but I seriously doubt the pledge of allegiance, with or without God, is compulsory... Just because you don't get thrown out for not doing it doesn't mean you can skio it altogether. Seriously, who in here believes an 8-year old (if that is an adequate age, I r...
Jump to postBut TAP needs the capacity to Maputo, which isn't much closer to Lisbon than JNB...
Miguel
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Jump to postHey, Here are a few more pictures. The free-float area <a href="http://myaviation.net/?pid=00442961" target=_blank>http://myaviation.net/?pid=00442961</a> Our experiment being assembled <a href="http://myaviation.net/?pid=00442960" target=_blank>http://myaviation.net/?pid=00442960</a> Another cabin ...
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Jump to postHi, I understand that, in the case of South Korea, the Rafale actually won the fly-off but the F-15 was a political decision (not wanting to stir any pot, that's just the way military contracts go). Do you know if the same thing happened in Singapore? It really is a shame, the Rafale is probably the...
Jump to postI think an airdrop form a fixed-wing aircraft would probably do more harm than good but wouldn't a <acronym title="Bemidji Airlines (USA)">CH</acronym>-47 do a much better job? It was practically made for hauling big quantities of unslung cargo around... 3,000 pounds (~1.5 tons) seems a bit small fo...
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