pannes plus ou moins longues du pilot automatique

English translation: automatic pilot failures of greater or lesser duration

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French term or phrase:pannes plus ou moins longues du pilot automatique
English translation:automatic pilot failures of greater or lesser duration
Entered by: canaria

12:17 Feb 23, 2006
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Aerospace / Aviation / Space
French term or phrase: pannes plus ou moins longues du pilot automatique
This is the result of an intermittent pilot EHSI fault on an aircraft - how would I say it in English?
canaria
United Kingdom
Local time: 04:40
automatic pilot failures of greater or lesser duration
Explanation:
Any given failure has a single value of 'duration', i.e. the time that elapses between the start of the failure its termination; this does not vary for a specific failure. The sentence is refering to a range of durations characterizing a series of failures.

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Note added at 26 mins (2006-02-23 12:43:06 GMT)
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... failure AND its terminatioon ...
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Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 01:40
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thanks
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2automatic pilot failures of variable duration
CMJ_Trans (X)
5automatic pilot failures of greater or lesser duration
Jennifer Levey
4variable-duration automatic pilot failures
Tom Bishop


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
variable-duration automatic pilot failures


Explanation:
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Tom Bishop
Local time: 04:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
automatic pilot failures of variable duration


Explanation:
shorter or longer duration

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 05:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

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agree  Sylvia Smith
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agree  sporran
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
automatic pilot failures of greater or lesser duration


Explanation:
Any given failure has a single value of 'duration', i.e. the time that elapses between the start of the failure its termination; this does not vary for a specific failure. The sentence is refering to a range of durations characterizing a series of failures.

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Note added at 26 mins (2006-02-23 12:43:06 GMT)
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... failure AND its terminatioon ...

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 01:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
thanks
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