Captain joe, I really can not express how good your videos and explanations really are. Obviously you know the planes inside out, it's your chosen profession, however your manner and total persona is absolutely fantastic. You seem like such a friendly and nice person. I've said this before, but i will say it again, your a true gent, and thank you for taking the time for making these videos. kind regards kieren
I don't understand the dis-likes on these videos. In this case, there are 82. I'd love to meet these 82 assholes. Capt Joe, your vid's are the best and are appreciated. Looking forward to the next!
Dave M I noticed a trend recently that some retards say that airplanes don't burn fuel, instead use pressurized air. Coincidentally, are the same retards who believe in chemtrails, flat earth, 11/9, fake moonlanding, and such...
Now, now Dave M, don't burst a vein...there are now 238 people who can think and can thus see beyond some bloke in a Captain's uniform saying impractical things...all because the uniform is supposed to make him an expert!!!
erdelito33 in german they say there numbers backwards so in England we say 21 as twenty one but they say it a one and twenty He just got a but mixed up
Obsessed with aviation since as young as I can remember, never ever get board with these types of video's even where I know a lot of what is being discussed.
They usually sleep one by one or prepare next flight or talk to each other... but they have to monitor constantly all the information displayed to see if everything is correct
Alpha Only on long haul flights any crew member will sleep. And if the flight is longer than x hours, a second set of pilots is required. So both the captain and co-pilot go for some off-hours or none, being replaced by the second pair of pilots. It's not like the co-pilot goes for a sleep and the captain sits there on his own ;)
Richard van Pukkem Thanks for your comment , I forgot to say I included all flights from short to long haul and obviously pilots don't sleep in a short flight... Just for fun , in 2014 the pilot of an A319 going from spain to belgium slept and was contacted by French Air Force for not answering ATC... :D
I remember watching a documentary where a leak caused fuel imbalance. The fuel temperature and pressure caused the crew to misidentify the problem and turned on the cross-feeding which exacerbated the problem by letting more fuel leak out. In the end, the aircraft lost all its fuel and had to use the ram air turbine for power and glide to the closest airport. Luckily they succeeded.
good job Joe ! Can you explain in a video what do you do step by step since you arrive at the airplane until the takeoff ? I mean for example, open the door, enter cockpit, sit a your place, swith on the plane, and calculate speeds...
Captain, I think you're a great teacher on matters aviation, but I have a question: is the plane able to take off with that much fuel? And what about the tank capacity...looking at the wings, it doesn't seem to be able to accommodate tanks to handle that much fuel?
I agree. Captain Joe is great. The airplane is normally able to take off with that much fuel, but it depends on several factors. Takeoff and landing performance are calculated based on among other things temperature, air pressure, runway length, runway slope, wind, terrain, and as you would guess weight. If the runway is short, the airport elevation is high (lower side pressure), the temperature is high, and the aircraft is full of passengers and cargo, then there could possibly be a fuel restriction. As for those amounts of fuel fitting into the tanks, I agree with you that it doesn't look like it would work. I will say that the wings look much smaller from the terminal or the cabin than they do when you are walking under the wings. Also, the wings are quite thick, especially at the wing root. Check out Captain Joe's exteriors walk-around video and you can get a good view.
Airlines run on compressed Air, not "jet fuel", www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXRmc... The "Airbus 380 carries about 82,000 thousand gallons of Jet A" or JP5 fuel, (manufacture specs.) This Jet A is weighing in at 6.8 lbs. per gallon, that's 557,600 pounds of fuel divided over 10 fuel tanks. The 10 fuel tanks must carry 55,760 lbs. a piece (tail tank smaller)! If each wing has at least 4 tanks full, that's about 223,040 lbs. of fuel alone, inside each wing (no Center Tanks). When you try to calculate how many Airline Flights are occurring each day, from any INTL Airport, you'll realize there is no local "Fuel Tank Farm" that's being constantly resupplied by a fleet of Fuel Tanker Trucks trying to get into the "Fuel Farms" here is an example of the size of these Fuel Farms www.flystl.com/newsroom/stl-n..., you do the math. Here's some typical Tankers skymarkrefuelers.com/products/ their biggest Airline Tanker is only 10,000 gallons! So it would take 8 of this type of Tanker to fill the A380 ! LOL... Commercial Airlines and Military Jets are started by the APU or external air compressors en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraf... and develope thrust by compressing air, not burning fuel ! It's Viktor Schauberger Turbine Technology www.antigravitytechnology.net/... but this is a Trade Secret and they'll never admit it. People would feel cheated, and demand refunds and we'd start asking questions about the fake 9/11 Event fireballs etc. This photo is a B52 (1955) Air Crew connnecting an external Air Pump to start the engines commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Defense.gov_News_Photo_120306-F-KN424-910_-_Airman_1st_Class_Kwann_Peters_left_and_Senior_Airman_Bryan_Turner_both_with_the_20th_Aircraft_Maintenance_Unit_disconnect_an_aircraft_hose_from_a.jpg
@@mulder2400 go way u red pill nation follower, no one needs to here your crap. Apu uses fuel and it can't turn on without it and btw the Apu doesn't provide thrust, u clearly don't understand do u🤣. Also Viktor technology is not used in aircraft because it doesn't work and ok explain jet blast. Stop trying to feed people you're and your an adult I'm sure you have better things to do.
@@mulder2400 I agree, when you take in consideration the numbers the math just doesn't add up. On top of that if you just do a round number of how many planes that fly in a day, vs the gallons of fuel used by the planes vs the gallons produced , theres not enough fuel made. The planes might use some fuel, but not that much as they state they do.
Hi i have some questions It is true that the center tank can refill the wings tank in cruise in order to increase the lift ?and what about boeing planes like 737and 747,are they even manually on the pilots decision,able to do somethings like this?
Thanks for another great video Captain Joe! Some follow-up questions if you don't mind: Can fuel be dumped from an A320 to prevent an overweight landing? When refueling, how is the center tank filled? Is the fuel pumped from the wing tanks? Is the fuel in the tanks sampled for impurities like water?
The cost index is used to optimise the aircraft's speed so that the total cost of the flight is at its lowest. It gives the ratio between the unit cost of time and the unit cost of fuel. Does that help at all?
I have worked in aerospace fabrication for the past 31 years for primarily Boeing (13 years) and (Parker Aerospace Parker Hannifin Corp) currently. We build electrohydraulic servo valves for Airbus,Boeing,Embraer and many others. Also many military applications. I have become very interested in the A380 which we also build valves for. I have watched most every video I can find. The sheer power of such an aircraft is almost unbelievable. Your videos are very informative and I hope you will keep them coming.
I'm no pilot but I was taught that they primarily to spoil the airflow over the top of the wing and reduce lift, increased drag and slowing down is secondary/complementary to this. For instance if you didn't deploy spoilers on touchdown, ground effect could cause you to skip/bounce down the runway. Spoilers on an aircraft "spoil' lift (i.e. increase downforce) causing the full aircraft weight to rest on the gear which allows the brakes to work at full effect without skidding. They also increase drag and allow the aircraft to slow down. I've seen them deployed in flight outside my window on a 737 during descent, possibly to slow the aircraft and reduce altitude (to keep within the glideslope).
Yes, I also think the main function of the spoilers is to spoil the lift created by the wings during the touch down. An aircraft can fly because its wings are shaped to let the air accelerate faster on the upper section of the wings than the lower section of the wings. That causes a lower static pressure on the upper side of the wings so the pressure differential creates a lift force which pushes the aircraft up. The spoilers are to decelerate the air on the upper side of the wings by blocking them. That reduces the pressure differential so the aircraft can overcome the ground effect and firmly grip the ground tight. Once the wheels are on the ground, brakes will do the work and stop the aircraft. Having said that, spoilers still create some drag to decelerate the aircraft, but the main aerodynamic drag still comes from the flaps.
Great video as always Captain ;) The Fuel to Oil Heat Exchanger caused a crash of an British Airways Boeing 777. The fuel got blocked by ice in the FOHE and therefore engines lost thrust just on final approach to Heathrow. Luckily pilot made a split second decision to retract flaps by one degree and they crash landed on the airfield.
Hey joe! Love your videos.. I had a request, could you please make a video where you fly the simulator from take off to landing during which you explain all the systems in Flight?
These videos are hard to make and require certain venues to be available in order to film. A script needs to be prepared as well. Even if one were to agree to a specific video topic, it wouldn't be ready until well after your exam date.
Shawn Malaka it is just a random number assigned by the controllers to identify your aircraft. Every aircraft controlled by a controller has a different squak code. There are some special codes if you fly VFR (depends on where you are) or have emergencies (7500, 7600 and 7700).
It is a number transmitted by the aircraft transponder (along with other data such as altitude) every time the radar beam is detected sweeping the aircraft. It is used to identify the aircraft on the ATC radar scope. The code is more or less randomly assigned, but there are specific squawk codes the pilot can use that indicate things like hijack, emergency, etc.
When ATC requests a squawk, they are also requesting that the pilot presses a button on the transponder that highlights the aircraft and it's information on the radar screens
Airlines run on compressed Air, not "jet fuel", www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXRmc... The "Airbus 380 carries about 82,000 thousand gallons of Jet A" or JP5 fuel, (manufacture specs.) This Jet A is weighing in at 6.8 lbs. per gallon, that's 557,600 pounds of fuel divided over 10 fuel tanks. The 10 fuel tanks must carry 55,760 lbs. a piece (tail tank smaller)! If each wing has at least 4 tanks full, that's about 223,040 lbs. of fuel alone, inside each wing (no Center Tanks). When you try to calculate how many Airline Flights are occurring each day, from any INTL Airport, you'll realize there is no local "Fuel Tank Farm" that's being constantly resupplied by a fleet of Fuel Tanker Trucks trying to get into the "Fuel Farms" here is an example of the size of these Fuel Farms www.flystl.com/newsroom/stl-n..., you do the math. Here's some typical Tankers skymarkrefuelers.com/products/ their biggest Airline Tanker is only 10,000 gallons! So it would take 8 of this type of Tanker to fill the A380 ! LOL... Commercial Airlines and Military Jets are started by the APU or external air compressors en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraf... and develope thrust by compressing air, not burning fuel ! It's Viktor Schauberger Turbine Technology www.antigravitytechnology.net/... but this is a Trade Secret and they'll never admit it. People would feel cheated, and demand refunds and we'd start asking questions about the fake 9/11 Event fireballs etc. This photo is a B52 (1955) Air Crew connnecting an external Air Pump to start the engines commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Defense.gov_News_Photo_120306-F-KN424-910_-_Airman_1st_Class_Kwann_Peters_left_and_Senior_Airman_Bryan_Turner_both_with_the_20th_Aircraft_Maintenance_Unit_disconnect_an_aircraft_hose_from_a.jpg
Thank you so much this what I wanted. You showing us step by step panel by panel look about the aircraft. I hope you can show us this in all together senario of what you do for plane prep all way untill take off. I'd very much like to watch how this happends:)
You sound like one of those chemtrail guys. Yes there is fuel inside those wings. It makes the wings more rigid and helps to keep the center of gravity.
Hey Joe, great video! If I might make one suggestion, though, I think it would be good if you included common variations, such as having the fuel panel in the wing next to the adapter or having an auxiliary tank.
Joe are you serious? 18.9 tons of fuel? Now that’s a hum dinger of a story. Did you learn that in flight school because in the real world that much weight would take a hell of a lot to get off the ground. How much does a car weight? Hum now stack those on the wings and center of plane. It’s funny that when you just throw out numbers people believe but give them a visual and things change.
Hi Captain Joe, I have really enjoyed watching all your videos, you have a way of bringing each subject to life. I found your logbook tutorial particularly useful as I will hopefully begin my journey to the skies in the near future. I wondered whether you could do a video explaining why larger AC have two auto pilots and how these are used together without conflicting one another. I am a naturally curious person particularly when it comes to aviation but this is something I've struggled to find a good explanation to. I'm sure you can do it! Best wishes, Tom
Fuel storage 23,000 L ie tons!! FOB says 7,520 !!!!!! Errrrrrrr you're lying 23,000 tons of fuel is a joke on a aluminium plane!! taking you have passenger weight, cargo, baggage, What those wing tanks are is compressed helium tanks and the plane engine run themselves on compressed air.
chilbury Hey idiot you don’t even understand how to calculate the weight of fuel much less describe how the plane works. There is no helium on the jet. None. The A320 holds about 21 tons when fully fueled. And usually, it is not fully fueled. Go get an education, and stay away from You Tube.
It’s 23 tons in liters by volume and in kilos roughly about 19tons. I get the confusion, fuel in planes are measured in mass and not volume. It burns on average 40 kilos per minute both engines and 2400 kilos per hour. So for short flights 7520 can still take u 2 hours of more and rest are fuel reserves, hope it helped and u have a nice day. Awesome
Fuel isn't transferred from the heavier tank to the lighter tank, its merely burnt from the heavier side by both (or either - SE case) engines by switching off the fuel pumps on the lighter side.
I was on a flight recently over Canada and the OAT was -81F at 40,000' and had the thought of what the jet-a was doing out in the wing tanks... hopefully not gelling.
Hi Joe, great video however, Airbus has not installed the IDG cooling system to prevent fuel from freezing. It's job, as you mentioned, is to cool the IDG oil. A secondary effect of this oil cooling is the heating of the fuel but only in the outer tank. Fuel can still freeze though and there is an ECAM alert for this as you're well aware I'm sure.
Hi Captian, I really enjoy your videos and I'm quite fascinated by this simulator you've used in a few videos now. How about a personalized tour of this great facility at the flight school?
Captain joe, I have a question for a potential video. Does a pilot stay on one aircraft type through their whole career or do they gradually progress through different aircraft that are classed as more challenging to fly? If this is true how often do they change and approximately how many different models will a pilot see in his career?
Depends on what you want. If you’re based in a city that’s mostly airbus 320 and let’s say 787 flying you you’ll do one of those. Most of the time pilots will choose their base and whatever type they can hold in new hire training. If a pilot wants to change base or type, they may bid for it though you’re subjected to a “seat lock” for 2 years or whatever the airlines specifies.
The A320 fuel system is pretty basic. the MD11 hast up to 8 tanks (6 standard) devided in up to 12 compartments (10 standard) with up to 22 fuel pumps (18 standard). It's the most complicated fuel system out there that I know of. But basically it works very similar. Fuel is used from the inner tanks/compartments first and last from the wing tanks/tip compartments. Btw, the the main fuel oil heat exchanger is more important than the IDG FOH ;)
Thanks for all these great informative videos, always a pleasure to watch. For future inspiration, could you explain Ground speed, True airspeed and Indicated airspeed? Keep on with the great work and happy landings! Laurent
You make astonishing videos. I watch them in order to improve my English and also I am really interested in aviation from my childhood. Could I ask you, are you British? I am asking that because I cannot recognize your accent clearly. Anyway I can't say thank you enough for your simple explanations how different things are working. Way to go!
Captain Joe, do you work on your personal vehicle? With all of the information that you gave us, I'm sure that an automobile engine is a piece of cake.
What a marvelous, marvelous machine. The plane itself seems to float in the air -- levitate, if you will. Those magnificent men and their flying machines....
