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Yes you can use bluetooth on an aircraft, it's legal but it's up to the airline when you use it, some say not at all(electronics) and some say only once the seat belt sign is off.
Virgin atlantic use bluetooth for their in flight entertainment so it's not a problem, gameboys and some laser equipment can interfer with navigational system, Boeing has written lots of letters to airlines about it. Boeing usually buy the equipment off the person and try and reproduce the effects them selves.
Now I'm sure some are asking how I know, I've worked on planes as an engineer for about 15 years, and have worked for about 11 airlines, all in technical roles and dealing with Boeing and Airbus on a daily basis, the real problems with gsm is like that article said, the speed that they're travelling. I've sat in the cockpit of lots of planes and run functional tests of all the systems and had no trouble, trust me I've seen it first hand.
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Posted: 2003-09-25 09:15:42
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Basically it comes down to the fact that the aircraft systems are either designed poorly so they may be adversely affected by RF signals, or that the affect of RF interference could be so catastrpohic that no-one wants to take the chance.
For some years now, all electronic products (at least in Europe) need to be 'CE' marked, which means that they are tested for both RF emmissions and the effects of RF interference.
If eveything is tested and approved by this, there should be no problems.
I just don't think anyone has the guts to say BT or whatever is okay on planes just in case there's one chance it may fall from the sky.
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Posted: 2003-09-25 09:28:25
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Bluetooth is not banned on all flights. Why did you not read my post? And the interference from a gsm mobile on an aircraft is no worse than the noise you hear through your radio when your mobile is searching. Yes it can interfere with the VOR(Very high frequency Omnidirectional Range) nav systems but not to the extent that is dangerous. Most of the aircraft in the skys these days can withstand minor interference and with something like a 737-300 that has up to 5 different communications or navigations signals coming in at any one time, the plane is smart enough to know what it's supposed to be receiving
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Posted: 2003-09-25 10:44:09
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I work for a tv station and we are banned from having phones turned on when near the studios because they can interfer with the zoom servos they just zoom in and out uncontrollably, so possibly the same could happen with the servos in the wings if they started moving uncontrollably the plane is in some trouble.
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Posted: 2003-09-25 11:06:38
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Hmmmm.... smoking in the toilets, that's really bad, m'kay?!
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Posted: 2003-09-25 11:09:34
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No servos in the wings, the flight controls are all hydraulic. There are some electric actuators to move part of flight controls but they are all shielded and the entire aircraft is electrically at the same potential, you could put a continuity tester on any 2 points of any airplane and get a circuit.
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Posted: 2003-09-25 11:14:50
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really?? that means i could put a continuity meter point on on of the wings, and another on a chair-- and i would have a circuit?? scary thought if the aeroplane gets hit by lightning
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Posted: 2003-09-25 13:20:33
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as for working near TV studios isn't there a more logical reason why they should be turned off...
(maybe to eliminate potentially embarrassing noise?)
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Posted: 2003-09-25 13:26:21
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@malcs - I think airplanes have a special point on them just incase they do get hit by lighting it takes the huge current or something.
can someone confirm this??
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Posted: 2003-09-25 13:49:27
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On 2003-09-24 23:22:13, skabbe wrote:
last time i used it we crached
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Posted: 2003-09-25 14:22:59
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