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Hallo https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/air-india-plane-crash-black-box-of-787-dreamliner-to-be-sent-to-us-for-data-recovery-recorders-sustained-heavy-damage/articleshow/121946372.cms This is a bad new. Hope that the data can be read! Happy modelling

Hallo I read all the comments here on our forum. I am very concerened and shocked about what happened. It is an accident too much. This year I had the chance to fly very long distance with the 350, years before with the 787. Since I am very interested in this two types, I looked for design differences and why. I also looked at the fault history of the 787. What we know today for sure and quite sure is: https://simpleflying.com/passenger-video-air-india-boeing-787-8-power-malfunctions/ Flight DEL-AMD two hours before the start to London and crash. This particular aircraft had propably the air conditioning on the flight DEL-AMD not working. The aircraft may have had major electrical problems. But this problems were either not forwarded from thew cabin crew to the flight crew or neglected. This neglection of such minor electrical problem creates we may know from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swissair_Flight_111 The history of the 787 program in analyses: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1000936120300546 What we know also is the history of electrical faults on this type. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/boeing-787-dreamliners-contain-a-potentially-catastrophic-software-bug/ The option for an electrical failure and / or software failure are high. The puzzles of a catastrophe....? Happy modelling

Hallo @tempestfan, logic point for fuel! Bravo. I read about Las Vegas airport hot condition and airlines, which do not go there with the 787 in a special configuration, due to TOW and hot condition. What was the TOW of the inflicted a/c? So: What is the normal take off of a 787 to London from the same airport in India? And what is the take off on a video? A video could tell us more. Since as a question of TOW and weather condition: The thrust of the engine is limited. If the exhaust temperatures rises, the engine idles back. A special setting for special local weather conditions? Unknown to us? Happy modelling

Hallo In this case, the engines may have sucked some of debris, or whatever. It would be conform with the message of the pilot, loosing thrust after take off! BTW: The flightcrew consisted of 2 pilots for a 0950 hours flight! Is this conform with international rules? I learned that 0800 is the limit. On the other hand: We learned that the aircondition and some other electrical equipment did not work properly on the first leg of cruise of this particular aircraft the same day. So: Most airlines would have taken such an aircraft out of service or taken off after repair. lt is a matter of quality of s airline, if this video is realy true! Happy modelling

Hallo From the data profile: The aircraft was for two hours at the ground before take off again. The aircondition of the today one of the best airliner of the world should be able to cope with temperatures at 40°C. Today I read, that a new video exists were the RAT is down, but does not spin anymore! The bang, does the RAT causes such a sound when deployed? The imense claud of sand or anything else before lift of, what could this be? Was the runway littered? Happy modelling

https://simpleflying.com/passenger-video-air-india-boeing-787-8-power-malfunctions/ Happy modelling

https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/2022-01/Aircraft Performance %26 Calculations.pdf It is worth to read! Beside all computerised support! Happy modelling

Hallo Now my decision is there: VMM-163 MV-22B BuNo 168004 YP03 MCAS Minamar CA October 2015 https://www.flyingleathernecksdecals.com/search?query=mv-22 Now I am looking desperatly for a top view of this a/c. Since there is non available on the web. The instructions do not give me any hint. Does anyone have some reliable source or photo to show the top side of wing and fuselage? Thanks in forward. Happy modelling

Hallo The reality was that sub-assembled parts were produced all over. All over the German controlled area of Europe. Shipped by all kind of: Truck and railway and assembled at launch sites. Thie number of subs changed over time! Due to allied bombing efforts. Production sites were also new underground sites. You may check out: Geheimprojekte.at Happy modelling

Just wondering about such words...you may not consider...a lot. Stay on modelling! Peace is the only thing we need. In words, in our mind and not stuck back in historry and checking the bill! Happy modelling

Hallo The Barracuda of SH we built 5 times! It was the SH kit special edition. The kit, if accuraccy is required needs a lot of scratch. This a/c was a special one, extra designed for the battleship Tirpitz. As long the Tirpitz existed the RN had a paranoya. All ops on this ship was a special Happy modelling

Hallo @exdraken The Airpowers of last two occasions I was prevented to attend by some commitment. Years before, the first 15 years in service, we were prevented from any closer look at, even with some better access. The mock-up cockpit only we could see at Zeltweg, at Hendon we had better access to the prototypes, at Duxford too. So, as a consequence of the political lunacy it became a totally uninterestingly matter to me. The #04568 kit from Revell is in my stash. What version can I build with this one? Happy modelling

Hallo Eurofighter is a mystery to me. It is kept so secret in the Austrian Airforce. More secret as any a/c in any AF. My kit is still in the stash. Beside that I have no clue what version the Revell kit represents actually. Kits actually mostly do not refer to a specific specification. Later on we modeller recognice inaccuracies. Or we are told in the RFI about our errors. My pledge for all jet experts is, to let us know which specification any kit actually representes. This whould shift this topic to a general topic for this type of a/c. Many thanks in forward. Happy modelling

Hallo We will see. The most interesting option and most unique and sophisticated would be a version for using guided weapons. Here I think about glided bombs and missiles. I do not know if this type was used for it. It is headache of the Allies. Maybe we will find out! Happy modelling

Hallo One remark is neccessary: The old books from pilots after war, older technical literature from archives exists a lot. They are in written in German. At about 1960 lots of them was printed. This sources are often neglected and miss interpreted. So many fictions come up. People who create them are often unaware that this literature exists. Interpretation often goes deep in the political abyss. Happy modelling