When the windscreens are made to resist hail, rain, bird strikes, extreme temperatures, etc, but if you use the wrong towel they get scratched😂

@philipwalton4877

Жыл бұрын

The finer the grit the more chance of scratching if it’s on the cloth .. like a slower version of sandblasting, everything you’ve listed would either bounce off or just heat tint the glass. I suppose if the hail were to be maybe the same size of sand or silica beads then that would be a problem. Aircraft windows are built for strength. Cars get hit by hail all the time but it doesn’t really scratch, maybe smash a window if big enough.

@cj37373

Жыл бұрын

Well, no matter how good your glass is sand will always win

@jwv6985

Жыл бұрын

I've been told that police and emergency personnel use Coke A Cola to wash blood off of asphalt and concrete after a serious accident. Kinda sick 😏

@MicraHakkinen

Жыл бұрын

That's also partially due to the fact that there's a big difference in forces exerted on the window - for example a bulletproof panel for a vehicle door will stop a bullet, but (depending on the material) those panels can often be cut to size with a handsaw. Because (purely talking energy here), a bullet has a high amount of energy, but it's all expended on impact in a very short amount of time. Meanwhile the handsaw has a much lower amount of energy to deliver in a fraction of a second, but you keep putting energy into it as long as you keep sawing.

@Ghost_Riley_TF141

Жыл бұрын

literqlly like achille's heel. INVINCIBLE with anything else, but gets hurt by a different napkin

True story about windshield and glasses... my optometrist friend had a patient claiming his new pair of glasses are cracked. Upon careful inspection, the optometrist did not find any cracks or chips. But patient insisted. As it turns out, the patient was a NASA engineer. His job was to test the windshield of the NASA space shuttles. Obviously, he used the same testing equipment on his glasses. Some people are just hard to please....

@israel963

Жыл бұрын

I mean… If you’re looking at stuff that matters that much 🤷‍♂️

@phoenixfire8978

Жыл бұрын

I see that as a challenge to see if you can produce NASA approved glasses. Also, scientists like to play with their big kid tech toys.

@manabellum

Жыл бұрын

@@phoenixfire8978 if you can produce NASA approved glasses (given the price is not much higher) that you be a great selling point.

@handyvickers

Жыл бұрын

As an Optometrist, I can only sympathise... Engineers are sometimes very difficult to please. And frustrating to test, too! Many an engineer has said, when asked to read the chart, "Hotel, November, Oscar, Alpha, Zulu".... Aaaarghhh... Knowing the phonetic alphabet isn't a big deal, guys! 😂😂😂

@INSOFTUSA

Жыл бұрын

@@handyvickers I started reading your message thinking that you were exaggerating. How on earth we could be any different as anyone else. Then I got to the part where you described how an Engineer reads out the letters, and that's me at the DMV. So the rest of the humans would not use the international agreed word schemes to read out loud letters? Well... maybe we are different then!

On my car, I always wipe my windshield up and down on the outside and side to side on the inside. That way, when I'm done and check for any streaks, I can easily tell which side of the window they're on. I'm surprised that's not done here. My guess on the windshield wiper is $1,500

Well I have to be honest, and never really thought about cleaning the windows of a high off the ground aircraft such as the 747, but it shouldn't come as a surprise to learn just like everything else in aviation, there is a procedure to follow. I love some of your more diverse content Captain Joe.

Same goes with helicopter windshields. A friend of mine had a job with an air rescue service, washing the heli a few times per week. The windscreen of a H135 is 6 mm of acrylic glass, he was told to only wipe up and down. This is very important so the pilot does see powerlines clearly when performing landings somewhere outside the airport and not being distracted by horizontal scratches in the glass by fine dust particles or dirt in the cloth.

@Kalvinjj

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if they have some coating on top of the acrylic, given just plain acrylic scratches if you look at it with a mean face, I think even polycarbonate is a bit scratch prone compared to glass, tho I totally understand the weight savings (also shatter resistance) on an aircraft.

Joe, I like that your company let you film so much of this process. I know it all makes sense, but it’s cool to see the procedure of a form of “lock out tag out” when you pulled the fuse and placed that note on the yoke. Cool to see!

When cleaning the inside, I would expect you would spray the cloth, and wipe, so you don't risk drips. That's how it's suggested to do it for computer monitors.

To estimate the price of one windshield wiper, I used the maths :) If a car windshield is approximately 300 € , and a car wiper 15 €, then I make the scale to the 747 price. If the 747 windshield price is ~ 122 500 €, then the wiper should cost: 6 125 € 😂 Very interesting video! I’m always learning more about the 747 👍 Greetings from Germany

@CerberusTenshi

Жыл бұрын

That might Not actually be too far off. Though These days, a car windshield can easily get Up to 500~600€, due to the sensors behind them.

@andystadi

Жыл бұрын

my XC60 windshield was 2000€. it is ticker down and thinner on top because reflections from the headupdisplay. glad insurance paid it.

Ground crews always used a special treatment on supersonic aircraft and a different type on subsonic. It was Coca cola for subsonic and Pepsi for supersonic.

@flywithcaptainjoe

Жыл бұрын

Haha :)

@user-zs6pz8kd8h

Жыл бұрын

동의합니다 펩시가 콜라보다 독합니다

FWIW, the "up and down" only thing is one of the biggest myths in aviation. :-) For GA, I had done the experiment. For years I did one side according to the religion, for the other I did swirls. They are indistinguishable after 9 years. (I used to own a cleaning company, so did this to settle the debate for the benefit of our customers) For the 747, I'll merely note that the windshield wipers do not go up and down. :-)

@flywithcaptainjoe

Жыл бұрын

very good point :)

@kenbrown2808

Жыл бұрын

I think they are more concerned with you accidentally leaving a horizontal dirty streak.

@RichWellner

Жыл бұрын

@@kenbrown2808 I can't speak for the 747, but in GA (which I've only been flying for 13 years or so) I've heard this rumor dozens of times and without exception it was explained to be about micro-abrasions and preservation of the windshield in the long term. Not once has anyone ever mentions horizontal filth. (Side note: "Horizontal Filth" was a great punk band I saw in a cellar in Nuremberg once...)

@kenbrown2808

Жыл бұрын

@@RichWellner if they think vertical wipes won't scratch and horizontal ones will, they need remedial classes in critical thinking.

@RichWellner

Жыл бұрын

@@kenbrown2808 That isn't their claim. Their claim is that horizontal scratches cause more glare issues than vertical ones.

So cool that CLX is letting you do these types of videos!! Great job Joe!

@mateuszzimon8216

Жыл бұрын

It's marketing, maybe when CLX get another type of airframes we get in line for job.

I'm going to go with ~$150 ~147 Euro or 20800 Yen. It's a wear and tear part, but also designed to last a long time. I know from some friends that work at Boeing that a normal seatbelt replacement for a passenger seat is $60-$100, and compared to a normal one for my car costing ~20 I figure 3-5x as much at a BASE and then labor as well as certification procedures.

@sleeptyper

Жыл бұрын

Flight certifications are easy way to make a 2c ziptie cost 2€.

Very helpful. I will keep this in mind when I clean my 747's windows.

I appreciate people like you and Mentour pilot and many others always giving credit to the maintenance teams that work so hard to keep aircraft running. That, among many other things on your channel, signifies real excellence.

Kudos to your company for making their planes available and being displayed in your videos.

BTW: that wiping motion is the same for wiping down medical equipment so there’s a link to the medical world there!

@BryanLJones-kz7fl

Жыл бұрын

Hi Lara... How are you doing?

Hey Joe, are you aware that this video is unlisted? I accessed it through one of your playlists and noticed it only had a few veiws!

@flywithcaptainjoe

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the approval process of a video ;)

Captain Joe is such a big inspiration I remember watching the morning routine video and saying to myself “this is what I want to be” it was the best inspiration I had to become a pilot thank you captain Joe

every new video you upload i learn more and more. thanks captain!👍

I love aviation when i was kid until now. Tq cap for every information of aircraft.

Your videos are getting better and better!! Love the improvement!🤙🏻

Hi Captain Joe. Just to be clear. On a 747 the windshield wash function is still active. This is the container of liquid you show in your video. It is filled with WWF (Windshield Wash Fluid) this is not toxic. It squirts fluid out of the top hole in the little post you showed in front of the windscreen. The three lower holes are where the Boesheild Rain Repellant was sprayed out with the assistance of bleed air as shown in your schematic. Yes, the rain repellant is toxic and has long been deactivated. It was located in a can on the opposite side of the flight deck to the WWF. You will not find any of the plumbing or hardware associated with it on later build 747's. Sometimes on a quick transit where you didn't have time to access a cherrypicker you could pour some water down the fuselage from the overhead escape hatch and operate the wipers for a quick clean. As for hanging out the window on an A320 or a 747 (not that you can), it will still hurt when you hit the ground if you fall out the window on an A320! Happy aviating.

@ImperrfectStranger

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for pointing out this discrepancy. KZread gets it wrong again. In addition to your pouring water down the fuselage from the top hatch, we used to have sponge on a long articulated stick which could reach the windows from the top hatch.

@andrewmurray1550

Жыл бұрын

@@ImperrfectStranger "you tube" didn't make the video, an experienced 747 pilot did.

@ImperrfectStranger

Жыл бұрын

@@andrewmurray1550 Is Joe an experienced 747 pilot?

@Dirk-van-den-Berg

Жыл бұрын

@@ImperrfectStranger He and Kelsey from 74Gear are competing for the honorary title of Most experienced KZread-747pilot. Both are FO's, but Kelsey is obviously a bit younger.

@ImperrfectStranger

Жыл бұрын

@@Dirk-van-den-Berg I thought Joe had recently switched from twin-jets. But, sorry, I still don't understand your point. If something is said which is wrong, no matter your experience, it's still wrong. I've corrected Check Captains on some issues. Kelsey says wrong stuff all the time. That's not to say I don't appreciate their videos and learn things from them.

Your presentations are always an absolute must to watch. Thank you very much and take care. 🛫

Captain Joe is the best. Great video Sir. You are my inspiration to become a pilot.

Fantastic video, Joey! Now I wish you would do another one for my home windows. 😬

I used to work at Heathrow in the mid 1990s for a cleaning and provisions company called Skyliner Services, part of the Gate Gourmet group. On a couple of occasions I was asked to clean bugs off the outside of aircraft windshields. I just used to open one of the windows from inside the cockpit and lean out across the front of the airplane like the pilot @00:25. Obviously, this was before the days of the "Health & Safety brigade"

Glad you posted Captain Great Content ...From South Africa

Back when I trained in C172s we cleaned the wind screens with Lemon Pledge furniture polish. It cleans well and leaves a waxy coating the repelled rain.

Well, that was fun and exciting!! Really enjoyed seeing 'how it's done'. That is so awesome of Cargolux to let you produce these informational videos! I try to listen for your voice when a Cargolux is coming into PANC. I love listening to that because of all the heavy freighter action. Paskal just released a nice video on traveling with pets. It was very nice! Thanks for all you do!! Looking forward to the next episode of 'how it's done'!! Stay safe out/up there!! Cheers!! 💕✈️✈️💕

excellent video captain Joe as always. learned a lot from you. Thank you for sharing you knowledge

Such an informative video thanks caption joe

Amazing explanation Captain.

I've always wondered if aircraft use a hydrophobic style cleaner, similar to RainX, I finally have my answer! Thank you Captain. You're amazing

Captain Joe just letting you know, I am learning so much since the past few years about planes,my credit goes to you,Youe are preparing me for the future:)

Its funny I just thought they use the wipers! but thank you soo much for the excellent enlightenment Captain!!!

Love your content! Love from South Africa.

Great video as always also i think you should start a discord server where all of us can hang out and talk about planes and things like that

Airplane, the movie illustrated the practice of cleaning windshields perfectly.

Love your videos. Your have big base of knowledge and good personality. 🔥🔥🔥💯

Nice video Joe. Interesting to see the difficulties of something everyone does regulary at his/hers car when it comes to (big) airplanes. I've been cleaning a Cessna 172 after flights with my best friend and even there you need a small ladder. And also he told me to keep away from the windshield :D I'm guessing the wiper is at 8400$

I agree on the only wipe straight up and down, not around in a circular manner. Instead of alcohol though I use Pledge furniture polish as it leaves a coating of waterproofing.

A good pilot is always evaluating what's happened so he can apply what he's learned!

45 years ago, USN, we used black coffee and restroom paper towels on the large a/c I crewed. Had to use an extension ladder. We carried the coffee in paper cups. The Navy refused to purchase good cleaning supplies because climbing a ladder in foul weather with a cop of coffee in one hand was fine.

Awesome video! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Your videos offering glimpses of the small behind-the-scenes stuff in the aviation world is fascinating. How things work in the air if far different than how things work on the road. About the wiper blades, I'd say about $250 USD per blade.

And your effort are deeply appreciated

Very cool episode. 💪🏼

I recently had experience with late night driving... the bugs were so think it sounded like rain. The wipers could not clean the windshield. But the same washer fluid poured on the brush of my squeegee did the trick in no time. Wipers wipe. To get bugs off, you need to scrub. I do not think having washer fluid squirters on an airplane would be much help.

I recommend Invisible Glass , It does not contain surfactants . Excellent product .

I just cleaned a A321 cockpit at Lufthansa Technik last week. Yes, I leaned Out the side window on each side. And a few months ago, I helped repair a non-functioning rain repellant nozzle. Was quite an interesting task, but not a regular occurance.

Hi Joe - another great and enjoyable video, and on a topic I hadn't thought about to be honest lol! Very informative and interesting - and as always, you make it fun too. I'll guess around 1,000 Euro for the wiper blades lol 😃

Great topic!

Great video. ☺️

Gee, the linked windscreen wipers video reminds me of our Joe's old whiteboard background with ambient audio. He's lifted his video quality, now 25' off the ground!

Another great video Captain Joe. Who would have thought one could make a video on cleaning the windows on a 747/? You did and your video as usual was terrific. I estimate one windshield wiper costs $395....

Like the safety harness!

Thank you Captain Joe

I've worked on the ramp for nearly 25 years. I've only cleaned one window, a CRJ900. Though made many of them dirty with de-icing fluid 😆

I was heading to the airport last night and with the 2 1/2 drive, my friend's suburban has a really dirty windshield covered in bugs. He had just gotten a new windshield but not the new wipers yet. So, with the on-coming headlights at times blinding us, we did eventually pull in to a truck stop and not only topped off the tank, but washed the windows. My guess for the wipers on the plane, is that they cost $5,000 USD each.

Full of learning and enjoyment add always.

Nice to see that the cleaning solution is made in the UK!

@jarekferenc1149

Жыл бұрын

Nice to see that the waste and byproducts after cleaning solution synthesis remain in the UK!

Happy to see Cargolux letting you do more stuff with their hardware :D

Damn, imagine landing back at your home base after a long paring, the sun is setting, it’s like 24C, then while taxiing in you crack the window and hang your arm out like your cruising the strip. That’s badass

Coca-Cola used to be used when rain repellent had been sprayed on a hot windscreen where it had cooked on. Once cleaned we used lots of water to rinse.

Is nobody going to talk about the plane that had a face mask painted on the nose at 2:13? That's so cool that someone decided to do that!

Love your videos sm👍👏🏾👏🏾

My guess for a replacement blade is $747 (see what I did there? 👍)

Great that Cargolux allow you to show us all these procedures.

Thank you my captain for this new subject. The price for 747 windshield wipers about 5000$

Captain I have a doubt - why isn't the altimeter voice coming out during take off , is there any switch to turn on and off the altimeter ?

On some airlines the rain repellant were deactivated. Instead hydrophobic coating is applied. But it has to be reapplied at a given interval iaw AMM.

I’ll try this method on my CAPT Joe’s B747 model that I bought. Lol! Nice vid.

when ever I see Captain Joe doing some maintenance work on a plane, I can't help but think that these planes are just his cars haha!

Cheers cpt!

6:48 That IMC section made me laugh! XD

Evening cpt hope your doing well Joe, interesting video I enjoyed it. Off top of my head I'll guess the price for a replacement windshield wiper is probably the same as a car. About £18,000 to £25,000 especially on the Queen of the sky. Stay safe Joe

Beautiful airport

Amazing video sir I rlly love planes and know a lot about them but how do you use an FMS or FMC I don’t rlly knew what they’re called I’m still kinda young

A bit of info on the use of Coca Cola on aircraft windows. I fly the airbus 320 and the rain repellent system occasionally leaks and I flew to a destination with no engineering at destination and the repellent leaked en route leaving the windscreen “fogged” as the repellent doesn’t work on a dry screen. Coca Cola does dissolve the rain repellent off the screen as we were instructed by our MOC. The only caveat was to put it on a cloth and not pour it onto the windscreen.

Great video as always captain! For the wind wiper, I'm going with 1234$ each, approx speed of sound per one hehe.

I got one more question where is the nearest place to Cleveland where you will have your tour?

Good work

Looking forward to potential videos about the 777-8F, now that Cargolux has announced they are planning to replace the 747-400 with them! Do you already know if you’re going to get the type rating?

Just been looking up the AMM so will just chip in my 2 cents - For a proper, per manual flight compartment window clean, Boeing now prefers to use chamois leather cloth (rather than lint-free cloth) with 50/50 isopropyl alcohol/de-ionized water solution, wet the cloth then do the cleaning. (And you could guess where those chamois leather cloth would end up by the end of the day...) Although I have to say - for external clean I would personally prefer spraying onto the glass to properly wet the surface... Orientation - It doesn't specify for the windscreen (Since it would get a beating by the elements anyway) but for the real delicate instrument display there is requirement to do the wipes in the up down direction.

Now that you have flown a 747 for a while, is it everything you expected and are you still happy you got the opportunity to pilot one?

the movie Airplane! already showed us how the windows is cleaned many years ago, they also showed us how you check the oil.

I used to clean the winshield myself from inside the cockpit in the B737 using just water and a paper towel, because ground crews are normally very busy during quick turnarounds...😎

Hi Captain, informational video as always. I’m gonna go ahead and guess that the wiper blades cost around $10k each?

I’m going to take a guess and say this is a normal windshield wiper blade and costs less than $50 USD. I don’t know the conversion to euros. Keep up the good work on the videos. I’m working on getting the financial part solved for learning to fly.

@h8GW

Жыл бұрын

I would love to buy one of these $50 windshield wipers that can withstand 600 mph winds and the UV flux at seven miles up.

Finally I was able to see how to clean the windshield of an airplane, it turned out to be almost the same as how to clean a car windshield, although the type of glass and the level of thickness are definitely different. Captain Joe explains in great detail each session in this video. thank you Captain Joe. Likewise with the explanation about coca cola, I agree with Captain Joe's opinion, don't use coca cola as a windshield cleaner. ✈️🌍🌏🌎✈️🔥

BTW I couldn’t stop laughing when you made the vocal description form your home microphone because it sounds as if you are describing figure skating! 😂

Wiper cost guess: I'm thinking there's probably something special about the blades or mechanisms of the wiper. You did say "one windshield wiper" and not "wiper blade", and while it doesn't have to be airtight like the window etc. it's probably still pricy, I'm going to say $75,000!

Keep Smiling.

My guess is that it’s around $1,200 USD for the windshield wiper on a 747. I’ve always been told to add a zero or two when it comes to aviation.

Topic suggestion for a vedio: "How were pilots trained in the early phases of aviation industry. Were fully functional simulators available then?"

Captain Joe, how do I get my ticket for your tour? I can't find the link anywhere!

I'm going to go with a nice, even 12,000 euros per wiper. Since you mention they are used on taxiing, takeoff, and approach, I wonder: would they work during cruising? (Not that you'd want to clean the windshields while flying....)

I have a few random questions about flying. 1. Do planes have a weight limit? For example if a plane’s weight limit is 100,000 lbs and the flight is fully booked with paying passengers but the weight of the cargo and passengers is over 100,000 lbs does the flight get canceled or do you take people off the flight and put them on a different plane? 2. Can a pilot fly any plane? Like if I’m on a southwest airplane and we land can the pilot that flew us on southwest get off and go through the airport to be the pilot on a us airline for the next flight? 3. If there is more weight in passengers on one side of the plane than the other does that make it unleveled and harder to fly for the pilots? 4. If there is a pilot and a first officer in training and the pilot has to use the bathroom leaving only the auto pilot on and the officer in training up front, what if auto pilot fails while you’re in the bathroom? Is the officer in training allowed to take over until you get back? What if they don’t know what to do? 5. When you are flying as a passenger on a plane to get to the airport where you will fly the plane next do you ever silently in your head judge the current pilot flying you? Like during turbulence or landing and take off do you ever think “oh the pilot did this wrong or he should have done this instead” etc? Also if something where to go wrong on that flight and everyone was told to remain seated would you be allowed to get up from your seat and try to help the other pilots flying you?

@ZK-APA

Жыл бұрын

1. Yes planes have a weight limit. In case the total weight is exceeding the max weight of the aircraft, there is a sequence. First, anything that is non revenue is removed (Eg excess fuel not related to flight, or company cargo). If that's not enough, then its revenue cargo, then its passengers. Though there are other options too, such as moving to a larger plane, or taking off with less fuel and then make a technical stop in between) 2. No. A pilot has to be certified(ie type rated) for every type of aircraft they fly. Moreover even if the pilot is type rated, they have to be current (ie have some flying experience and checks in a certain timeframe) to legally fly the plane (this is from an airliner pilot POV) 3. In a small plane one can notice, in a larger plane its not that noticeable (however something like major fuel imbalance could be noticed) 4. Even a first officer in training in the actual aircraft is proficient enough to handle it as they have been trained for all this and much more in a simulator. 5. Yes thats something natural, but not in such a severe way. and no, you can't show up and be like "i am a pilot I can help". However if a situation arises where something like this is needed, then they may ask if there is a pilot on board. But yes one has to show their credentials to prove that they are an actual pilot.

I think that an Windshieldwhiper cost around 38.000 dollars, because they have to withstand huge pressures. Also is my guess based on a comparison with the huge cost you mentioned for 1 window.

I have the flightradar24 live air traffic app. About a month ago I happened to see that a Cargo Lux 747 was flying overhead north to south on it's way to Miami. I live about 5 miles south of PBI. Was that you Capt. Joe? Just in case it was, I looked up and waved even though you were about 20,000 ft. 😁