While that is true, reality is that the masks have never really been needed, because standard procedure is to descend rapidly. So the entire oxygen system has cost an enormous amount of fuel to carry around, with no real benefit.
Yeah but how rapidly can one of these aircraft get from 40,000’ to 10,000’ while being able to recover the dive? And how long does the onset of severe hypoxia take? Keep in mind, it’s not just the passengers. Crew has to be able to function mentally and physically. I honestly don’t know the answer but if it takes less than a minute for hypoxia to set in, that means they need to decent upwards of 20-30k fpm.
@@SnakPakFlight The idea is to just have oxygen for the crew. A 25,000 foot dive takes 5-10 minutes. Keep in mind that the typical depressurization is slow. We've also seen during flight SWA 1380 that a whole lot of passengers put them on wrong anyway, so it's questionable how effective they even are in the very rare cases where they are used. There's actually been a loss of aircraft with 110 deaths due to an airplane oxygen system, although that system was actually carried in the cargo hold.
@@SnakPakFlight Assuming immediate full decompression, but then without catastrophic damage to the plane that would kill you anyway. Extremely unlikely. Of course it's nice to have a safety feature, but they are not free. Why not give everyone a parachute or add extra redundancy for every component. Yet all of that costs money, fuel, reduces range and introduces new risks.
still like Tyler's take lol thanks for the info :D
Thanks for the information!
Also would love to see u fly the MBB BO 105 in x plane!
Could you do a video on what PC your running or what someone would need for the best experience.
Check out the live Q&A video I did. It's all in there. Just gotta skip to it
While that is true, reality is that the masks have never really been needed, because standard procedure is to descend rapidly. So the entire oxygen system has cost an enormous amount of fuel to carry around, with no real benefit.
Yeah but how rapidly can one of these aircraft get from 40,000’ to 10,000’ while being able to recover the dive? And how long does the onset of severe hypoxia take? Keep in mind, it’s not just the passengers. Crew has to be able to function mentally and physically. I honestly don’t know the answer but if it takes less than a minute for hypoxia to set in, that means they need to decent upwards of 20-30k fpm.
@@SnakPakFlight The idea is to just have oxygen for the crew. A 25,000 foot dive takes 5-10 minutes. Keep in mind that the typical depressurization is slow. We've also seen during flight SWA 1380 that a whole lot of passengers put them on wrong anyway, so it's questionable how effective they even are in the very rare cases where they are used.
There's actually been a loss of aircraft with 110 deaths due to an airplane oxygen system, although that system was actually carried in the cargo hold.
@@aapje Yeah so 5-10 minutes in the critical stage of hypoxia can lead to cardiac arrest. I'll take an O2 mask plz
@@SnakPakFlight Assuming immediate full decompression, but then without catastrophic damage to the plane that would kill you anyway. Extremely unlikely.
Of course it's nice to have a safety feature, but they are not free. Why not give everyone a parachute or add extra redundancy for every component. Yet all of that costs money, fuel, reduces range and introduces new risks.