keyboard5684
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I think power would be an issue. It is a huge engineering problem although it sounds simple.
The planes simply where not built for it. It is not as simple as installing power in the seats, unless the engineers planned for it. There is a ton of design, testing, calculations of power distributions, cabling, load on certain areas, an airplane is a complicated machine and I do not think anyone wants theirs to crash over power in the seats.
So I think it will be a problem. They do have power in the business and first class already. But if they put power in all the coach seats it will get used (not just by laptops on wifi but by people using it for there IPOD, DVD player, all kinds of stuff) so it will be a lot of load. |
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fiberguy
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| said by keyboard5684  :I think power would be an issue. It is a huge engineering problem although it sounds simple. What are you talking about? Power plugs have been on planes for years already. The Fokker 100 had them in every row.. Virgin America has power ports in every seat INCLUDING an "iPod" port on their Airbus fleet already.. We're past 1980 already.  |
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digitalfreak
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| said by fiberguy :said by keyboard5684 :I think power would be an issue. It is a huge engineering problem although it sounds simple. What are you talking about? Power plugs have been on planes for years already. The Fokker 100 had them in every row.. Virgin America has power ports in every seat INCLUDING an "iPod" port on their Airbus fleet already.. We're past 1980 already. I rarely see them on any domestic flights. |
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fiberguy
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| You are correct. My point is, however, was to the OP that stated all sorts of engineering, design or study, or what ever, was needed to bring electricity to the plane.. My point is that it's been around since the 80's that I can remember AND currently does exist already. The lack of them doesn't mean that they don't know how to do it. |
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keyboard5684
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| I am not saying they do not know how to do it, I am saying that engineering needs to be done for that particular aircraft for adjustments to provide power to that many seats. Plus, where the power comes from load calculations need to be done. You cannot just run a wire to the outlets and let er rip. The airplane needs to be adjusted for this which requires time and money.
Yes, it has been done but it is not on many of the coach seats I have seen. I see them in business and first class, but not coach. This tells me they did not plan on providing power to coach seats so they need to modify the plane to provide it. So money and time, thats all. And that may be why you may not see it on older planes for a long time.
It takes a ton of paperwork, red tape, reporting, and just crap to change the seat cushions. An aircraft is a touchy thing and every little detail needs to be looked at. If powering seats pulls too much power it could do a lot like overload the power systems, cause a fire, whatever... it is not like your home where you just hook up an outlet. On your couch you are not at 30,000 feet and the FAA is not regulating what you do.
That is all I am trying to say. Not that it cannot be done, just takes time. It is an airplane, the same things that get grounded when a latch on a tray table breaks (I have been on a plane where this has happened). |
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fiberguy
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