What happens if a EMP pulse is set of...

[MegaVovaN]

Originally posted by: randay
Ive got a million bucks on "Nothing happens, the plane lands, and you go to FPMITAP."

electronics are most likely all shielded.

:thumbsup:


OP is tortured by frenzied passengers and reveals the location of EMP.
Plane lands uneventfully and OP goes to FPMITAP, where they "sneak" something...something Bubba sneaks...yeah..YEAH!!!

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: manowar821

Originally posted by: randay
Ive got a million bucks on "Nothing happens, the plane lands, and you go to FPMITAP."

electronics are most likely all shielded.

Uh... Good luck shielding from a good EMP weapon.

Shielding is for low energy interference, not a weapon style massive jolt of energy.

Might as well just sneak a nuclear warhead on then, since it'll probably be smaller and definitely much more effective.

 

[MegaVovaN]

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: manowar821

Originally posted by: randay
Ive got a million bucks on "Nothing happens, the plane lands, and you go to FPMITAP."

electronics are most likely all shielded.

Uh... Good luck shielding from a good EMP weapon.

Shielding is for low energy interference, not a weapon style massive jolt of energy.

Might as well just sneak a nuclear warhead on then, since it'll probably be smaller and definitely much more effective.

Might as well sneak a grenade, since it will be even smaller and still effective. No need to blow plane to pieces, just blow an opening size of a door at 30 000ft

 

[Ruptga]

The plane will not take off

 

[Ruptga]

Originally posted by: MegaVovaN

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: manowar821

Originally posted by: randay
Ive got a million bucks on "Nothing happens, the plane lands, and you go to FPMITAP."

electronics are most likely all shielded.

Uh... Good luck shielding from a good EMP weapon.

Shielding is for low energy interference, not a weapon style massive jolt of energy.

Might as well just sneak a nuclear warhead on then, since it'll probably be smaller and definitely much more effective.

Might as well sneak a grenade, since it will be even smaller and still effective. No need to blow plane to pieces, just blow an opening size of a door at 30 000ft

Mythbusters has disproved this, all you'd accomplish with that is blowing up everyone in the grenade's effective radius (well actually not quite that many unless you held it over your head right as it went off). The plane would keep flying just fine and in all probability it would land safely.

 

[MegaVovaN]

Originally posted by: ADDAvenger

Originally posted by: MegaVovaN

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: manowar821

Originally posted by: randay
Ive got a million bucks on "Nothing happens, the plane lands, and you go to FPMITAP."

electronics are most likely all shielded.

Uh... Good luck shielding from a good EMP weapon.

Shielding is for low energy interference, not a weapon style massive jolt of energy.

Might as well just sneak a nuclear warhead on then, since it'll probably be smaller and definitely much more effective.

Might as well sneak a grenade, since it will be even smaller and still effective. No need to blow plane to pieces, just blow an opening size of a door at 30 000ft

Mythbusters has disproved this, all you'd accomplish with that is blowing up everyone in the grenade's effective radius (well actually not quite that many unless you held it over your head right as it went off). The plane would keep flying just fine and in all probability it would land safely.

Satchel charges then!

 

[Crono]

I hope that the OP isn't a terrorist. Otherwise we might all be taken into "questioning" (aka interrogation, aka torture) by the government for collaborating with him.

*checks OP's profile*

Oh no! He's from Namibia! Namibia!!! Naaammibiaaaaa!!!

*passes out*

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: MegaVovaN

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: manowar821

Originally posted by: randay
Ive got a million bucks on "Nothing happens, the plane lands, and you go to FPMITAP."

electronics are most likely all shielded.

Uh... Good luck shielding from a good EMP weapon.

Shielding is for low energy interference, not a weapon style massive jolt of energy.

Might as well just sneak a nuclear warhead on then, since it'll probably be smaller and definitely much more effective.

Might as well sneak a grenade, since it will be even smaller and still effective. No need to blow plane to pieces, just blow an opening size of a door at 30 000ft

Airliners have had failures that lead to rather large openings in the fuselage and it didn't bring the plane down. There was a 747 that landed safely after a door came loose and ripped a huge hole in the side of the plane in flight.

 

[AMCRambler]

Superman will have to catch it and land it by hand in a baseball stadium

 

[MegaVovaN]

Originally posted by: AMCRambler
Superman will have to catch it and land it by hand in a baseball stadium

winner

 

[theprodigalrebel]

OP will soon be edited to say:

'Why is the FBI asking us for your IP?"
Anandtech Moderator

 

[MegaVovaN]

Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
OP will soon be edited to say:

'Why is the FBI asking us for your IP?"
Anandtech Moderator

scratch above, this is THE WINNAR

 

[TXHokie]

Originally posted by: Lonyo

Originally posted by: Crono

Originally posted by: apac

Originally posted by: Crono

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
<--Sends copy of post to CIA, FBI, TSA.

<-- Calls CTU

CTU panics because Jack Bauer is in jail.

<-- Is living in back in time in 2005 and has not seen anything beyond season 4

He means in real life. He got arrested for DUI.

<--- Calls Chloe, all she needs is an ip and his jail door will be open

 

[SoulAssassin]

Originally posted by: Nyati13

Originally posted by: LordMorpheus
does the A380 have backup cable controls? I'd doubt it, it'll have redundant hydraulics, but I doubt it'll have cables.

I bet it would wind up crashing, the pilots might be able to do some things but it'd be really hard to bring an A380 down safely without any electronics.

The A380 has a backup hydraulic flight control system. In the event of total electronics failures, and engine failure the aircraft would turn into a very heavy glider. There would be enough hydraulic pressure in the backup system (being a backup system, it does include pressurized hydraulic storage tanks for complete power failure emergencies) for a very basic divert and emergency landing attempt.

on a transatlantic flight everyone is getting wet

 

[OrganizedChaos]

The A380 has a Ram Air Turbine, a big one.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: MegaVovaN

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: manowar821

Originally posted by: randay
Ive got a million bucks on "Nothing happens, the plane lands, and you go to FPMITAP."

electronics are most likely all shielded.

Uh... Good luck shielding from a good EMP weapon.

Shielding is for low energy interference, not a weapon style massive jolt of energy.

Might as well just sneak a nuclear warhead on then, since it'll probably be smaller and definitely much more effective.

Might as well sneak a grenade, since it will be even smaller and still effective. No need to blow plane to pieces, just blow an opening size of a door at 30 000ft

Airliners have had failures that lead to rather large openings in the fuselage and it didn't bring the plane down. There was a 747 that landed safely after a door came loose and ripped a huge hole in the side of the plane in flight.

Yes, there have been two that I can think of off the top of my head that have suffered explosive decompression.

UAL 811

Another famous one is Aloha Airlines 243

The Mythbusters are not the end-all of reality. Especially when they bust 'myths' that have actually occurred.

 

[iamwiz82]

Another one just popped in my head. Air Transat 236 was a Fly-by-Wire flight that ran out of fuel and managed to land.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236

Though, they had a bit of electrical power from a ram air turbine.

 

[OdiN]

Could you even get an EMP large enough to damage the whole plane onboard? In the size of a carry on bag? I doubt it.

 

[hiromizu]

Where's Striker when we need him?

 

[OdiN]

Originally posted by: hiromizu
Where's Striker when we need him?

They sent him back to Macho Grande.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
<--Sends copy of post to CIA, FBI, TSA.

You don't need to, they're listening anyway.

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
<--Sends copy of post to CIA, FBI, TSA.

Redundant submission of post.
NSA sees all, hears all.

Remember the Bell Jet Ranger doing the hokey pokey in BROKEN ARROW? :evil:

 

[Xylitol]

They won't be able to fit iit in

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: Nyati13

Originally posted by: LordMorpheus
does the A380 have backup cable controls? I'd doubt it, it'll have redundant hydraulics, but I doubt it'll have cables.

I bet it would wind up crashing, the pilots might be able to do some things but it'd be really hard to bring an A380 down safely without any electronics.

The A380 has a backup hydraulic flight control system. In the event of total electronics failures, and engine failure the aircraft would turn into a very heavy glider. There would be enough hydraulic pressure in the backup system (being a backup system, it does include pressurized hydraulic storage tanks for complete power failure emergencies) for a very basic divert and emergency landing attempt.

YEAH, RIIiight. That's what they SAY..... ANYONE ever see them do it? They had a lot of money problems with this aircraft , right? Wonder what got left on the hangar floor?

 

[compuwiz1]

"There's no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you'll enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?" :shocked: