Hidden Secrets In Planes That Pilots Don't Talk About

Any air travel is a special adventure. Even those who've spent a thousand hours in the air are nervous once again when they step on board. How much do we really know about commercial aviation? Today, we've gathered a list of several facts that you probably didn't suspect and that might be useful to you.
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[boomerantics]

How odd. 40 years of flight experience and 20 years as an airline captain and they forgot to inform me of half of this stuff. I cringe at the aviation related nonsense in television shows, movies and, yes, YouTube videos!

[picobyte]

Dimming the cabin lights during landing has nothing to do with the generators. Also modern cabins all use super efficient led light. It's only the safety aspect of making your eyes adjust to darkness.

[chucksdesk]

As someone who has over 35 years flying with the Air Force and the airlines, I unfortunately have to say much of your narration consists of a few fact and a lot of imagination. Much of what you are saying just leads the listeners to believe things that are just not true.

[chucksdesk]

Paint on an airliner, white or any other color, has considerable weight. White IS NOT selected because it weighs less. One of the airlines I worked with experimented with reducing the areas painted. This was done to test how much fuel was saved. Paint protects the aluminum skin from corrosion.

[Heritageoz]

They are not call antennas, they are called Static Wicks, which discharge static electricity.

[grahamj]

At 6:40 you suggest that the engine exhaust is, "at temperatures over 11, 000 degrees Fahrenheit", which is hotter than the surface of the sun. The turbine entry temperature at take-off rating of the latest engines is approaching 1, 800 degrees Kelvin and, of course, the exhaust gas temperature of the core engine is just a few hundred degrees Kelvin, diluted by the bypass air of a big turbofan. I suggest you do some homework.
PS I quote turbine entry temperature in Kelvin, because I had a career lifetime in the design of gas turbine engines. I'll let you do the conversion to Fahrenheit.

[hearsejr]

As a commercail diver, I can assure you that scuba divers don't carry big tanks of oxygen on their backs. That would kill you at 25'.
90% of divers have compressed air in the scuba tanks. Good ol plain air. The other 10% are tech divers that are using mixed gas such as nitrox. Thats getting more popular these days but most divers are not going through the expense and extra training and extra pre and post dive preperation time for a simple shallow water dive..0'-100'.

[chriswoodbury]

6:56 Part of engine exhaust is water vapor at high temperature and pressure. It doesn't turn into steam; it *IS* steam by definition. (Heh, I know, picky, picky....)

[davesthilaire]

There is some wildly inaccurate information in this video. Gotta love it when people who know nothing about aviation make a video about aviation.

[WayneM]

This channel needs to follow the Lords prayer. Not the one which starts "Our father which art in heaven" but the one which starts "O Lord please help me to keep my big mouth shut until I know what I am talking about"

[peterrobst]

When the title says..."Hidden secrets" "Things your pilot or flight attendant don't want you to know"...you know it's some BS coming up.

[brucecuratola]

Jet engines are only run at full power during take off and climb out. Once at altitude, they run at a much lower rating. The amount of power required by the interior lights is insignificant compared to the thrust even during decent.

[robertheinkel]

I call BS on several items. First, the bumps on the wings, are safety rope anchor points. Mechanics are required to wear a harness when walking on the wing, and they secure the harness to a rope tied to the attaching points. The generators are capable of producing more than enough electric power even at idle and an engine out. Light are dimmed to get your eyes better adjusted to the light.
Third, antennas are not used to discharge static electricity. The are specially designed static discharge attachments. Not all aircraft use them.
Fourth, we never put painted stripes on our nose cone spinners, and didn’t have a problem with birds, or know when they are running. Even with the engine off and a slight breeze, the blades will rotate on the ground.
Fifth, white paint is primarily used to reduce heat.
Sixth, the aircraft interior is normally pressurized higher than the outside air. The hole in the window is not to prevent outside pressure to get inside.
Seventh, modern aircraft don’t need full power to get airborne. They can lose an engine on takeoff, and still get off the ground.
I am a retired USAF crew chief that specialized in large four engine aircraft.

[erasmodemeo]

Most engines operate at 500-600 degrees Celsius 900-1100 Fahrenheit 11000 would melt the damn engine…🤦‍♂️

[bcshelby]

..old Braniff International didn't worry about the heat as they painted their aeroplanes all sorts of different colours in the 1960s/70s.

[flyerfocus]

You know, at best, 30% of what you’re talking about. Very, very, misleading video. Click bait, says this commercial pilot. Your B-roll exacerbates the BS effect.

[cp]

Ouch! There are so many technical errors in this video!

[Chogogo]

Your engine exhaust gas temp is way off. The static wicks are there to prevent communication issues with static buildup. Lightning sucks too. There a huge inspection we have to do when it happens.

[pilotkid]

Hey, did you know that there is a site called google? It’s pretty cool. It can do all kinds of things like let you check your facts before producing a video.

[KirkNorthrop]

This is fantastic - evidently the editor didn't bother to listen to the audio at all and cut out the mistakes. Even when he clicks something to mark a mistake - a fairly common tactic as it creates a clear signal on the waveform.