Category: Aviation

Standard Mean Chord (SMC)/ Mean chord line v.s Mean Aerodynamic Chord (MAC)?

SMC / Mean chord line often used in aircraft design, is a geometric parameter representing the average chord length of a wing. It’s calculated by dividing the wing’s surface area by its span, effectively representing the chord of a rectangular wing with the same area and span. While SMC relates to the wing’s overall geometry, Read More

Folding wingtip 777-X

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Types of Precipitation?

今日又溫下書…到底有咩類型既precipitation?   首先, what’s precipitation? 根據FAA PHAK chapter 12 (天氣果課書): Precipitation refers to any type of water particles that form in the atmosphere and fall to the ground.    睇返之前 收集既一個wmo網頁,天氣現象大致分為:水、光、電、塵相關 Types of meteors (WMO)   而同水有關既可以睇呢個網: https://cloudatlas.wmo.int/en/hydrometeors.html   Precipitation 係指 11類 falling particles (b) Falling particles (precipitation) 1. Rain : water droplets, but not drizzle Read More

Change status of water

#Solid #liquid #gas #melting #evaporation #condensation #freezing #sublimation #deposition Read More

點解會落雹 What’s hail?

話說琴晚黃昏就收到天文台特別天氣提示話會落雹可能,難道有冤情? 🙂 都可能係 就係點解我仲未做到飛機師 因為我讀書未夠? 咁就溫下書~ Hail is formed in strong thunderstorms when supercooled water droplets freeze onto ice pellets, which are then carried by powerful updrafts within the storm cloud. These ice pellets, or hailstones, grow larger as they repeatedly collide with more supercooled water droplets, eventually becoming too heavy to be supported by the updraft Read More

Learn from mistakes: Plane crashes into the Mountain

每日學一點點 加油💪🏻 https://youtu.be/11WD64pgyH8?si=XI9gMslExoakfYz- AI summary : American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashed into a mountain near Cali, Colombia, on December 20, 1995, resulting in 151 fatalities. The primary cause was pilot error leading to the aircraft deviating from its intended approach path and impacting terrain. Contributing factors included crew misinterpretations of flight management system (FMS) Read More

Cloud formation: Bergeron-Findeisen theory (Icing) v.s Coalescence theory (Water droplet)

https://youtu.be/6WjU0kwu_ew?si=Kvf5LqleDUzpKo8b   Cloud Formation Read More

Cloud Formation

https://youtu.be/q87Ekar3emA?si=EN2zl3qUX1OmIcsh   Read More https://www.britannica.com/video/process-cloud-formation-factors-surface-air-water/-203821 Cloud formation: Bergeron-Findeisen theory (Icing) v.s Coalescence theory (Water droplet) Cloud formation 夠竟係吸定放latent heat? Clouds 雲 Read More

Oktas – reporting the amount of cloud in the sky

https://worldweather.wmo.int/oktas.htm Oktas Definition Category 0 Sky clear Fine 1 1/8 of sky covered or less, but not zero Fine 2 2/8 of sky covered Fine 3 3/8 of sky covered Partly Cloudy 4 4/8 of sky covered Partly Cloudy 5 5/8 of sky covered Partly Cloudy 6 6/8 of sky covered Cloudy 7 7/8 of Read More

How Does Autopilot Work? A Pilot Explains What It Can and Can’t Do

https://www.wsj.com/video/series/travel-guides/how-does-autopilot-work-a-pilot-explains-what-it-can-and-cant-do/1C1E2CD3-92E3-420F-927B-5A4026A3E412?mod=hp_featst_pos5   Read More

點解ATIS 要點Temperature and Dew Point?

今日打風溫書…簡接溫故知新~ 下面有個ATIS 實例…有T 28 /DP 26 要推算Cloud Base = T-DP * 400 = (28-26)*400 = 2* 400 = 800 feet AGL 再反推Relative Humidity (RH) = 100 – (T-D) *5 = 100 – (28-26) * 5 = 100 – 10 = 90% 呢兩條Rule of thumb 係work 既~ Read More

Calculation of Freezing Height

The Bradbury Rule Example: OAT 10 degree C ; DP 7 degree C Calculate Cloud Base T – DP * 400 = (10-7) * 400 = 1200 feet AGL Calculate Freezing layer DP / 1.8 * 1000 = 7/1.8 * 1000 = 3889 feet AGL Freezing height 1200 + 3889 = 5089 feet AGL This Read More

How to find the Dew Point? How to find Relative Humidity (RH)?

How to find the Dew Point? RH = 100 – (T-D) x 5 Example: RH 83% ; Temp 12C, then 83 = 100 – (12-D) x 5 (83-100) / (-5)= 12-D D = 12 – (83-100) / (-5) D = 8.6 degree C   Rightly, we can interpret the relative humidity (find the RH) from Read More

Dry Bulb v.s Wet Bulb (Temperature)

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Dew Point Application – Calculate Cloud Base

Degree C Let’s say the temperature is 25°C and the dew point is 15°C. Convergence Rate (CR) = 2.5°C Temperature Dew Point Spread (TDS) = T-DP = 25 – 15 = 10°C TDS ÷ CR = 10 / 2.5 = 4 Multiply by 1000 = 4 * 1000 = 4000 feet Therefore, the estimated cloud Read More

Dew point, Dew Point Spread

What’s Dew Point? Dew point, given in degrees, is the temperature at which the air can hold no more moisture. When the temperature of the air is reduced to the dew point, the air is completely saturated and moisture begins to condense out of the air in the form of fog, dew, frost, clouds, rain, Read More

Latent Heat

https://youtu.be/EZxvY09V7ak?si=9HOYxwKOyXTwLSMR   Read More

ISA Deviation

Example: FL290 ; OAT -47 degree C ISA standard = 15 – (feet /1000) * 2 ISA Deviation = OAT – ISA standard FL 290 : 29,000 feet, so ISA standard @ FL 290 = 15- (29*2) = -43 degree C ISA deviation = -47 – -(43)  = ISA-4 degree C   https://youtu.be/_oWqu12Dm6M?si=eUYvJoTQD_EOKKl2 Read More

Thermodynamics: Radiation, Conduction, Convection & Advection

https://youtu.be/0vdxlgRKx1k?si=a80FzWfEp2fsKj2K     What’s Solar insolation?   Read More

Tropopause

  What’s Tropopause? https://youtu.be/jTCWSjhhXgc?si=9Zf8eVJgx6TKOXDs   Tropopause height and its significance? https://youtu.be/ZfGVHCJSDsw?si=qaqwuN4DSlX6uyiu     https://youtu.be/dRI5gYrJmvo?si=NHQo3NtST_5f-9ei     More Reference: https://code7700.com/tropopause.htm     Read More

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