Why no remote unlock?

"Dallas" wrote in message
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On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:14:18 -0700 (PDT), Robert M. Gary wrote:

The other day my wife asked
why the plane doesn't have a remote unlock.

What advantage does a remote unlock offer anyone in the grand scheme of
the
universe?

Other than being a fun whiz bang techno gizmo, what's so difficult about
putting a key in a lock and turning it.

Quite.

If you really need something like that, there's always the "open cockpit"
birds.

On Mar 17, 11:53*am, Dallas wrote:
On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:14:18 -0700 (PDT), Robert M. Gary wrote:
The other day my wife asked
why the plane doesn't have a remote unlock.

What advantage does a remote unlock offer anyone in the grand scheme of the
universe? *

Wait until you have kids.

-robert

"Dallas" wrote in message
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On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:14:18 -0700 (PDT), Robert M. Gary wrote:

The other day my wife asked
why the plane doesn't have a remote unlock.

What advantage does a remote unlock offer anyone in the grand scheme of
the
universe?

Absolutely none--other than the entertainment of watching another aircraft,
on the far side of the parking ramp, blink its landing light as the doors
also unlock.

As you can see, I regard them as a mixed blessing on autos as well. And,
yes, if anyone is wondering, there is someone else with the same radio key
code who frequently parks within range of my car.

Peter

"Peter Dohm" wrote in message
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"Dallas" wrote in message
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On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:14:18 -0700 (PDT), Robert M. Gary wrote:

The other day my wife asked
why the plane doesn't have a remote unlock.

What advantage does a remote unlock offer anyone in the grand scheme of
the
universe?

Absolutely none--other than the entertainment of watching another
aircraft, on the far side of the parking ramp, blink its landing light as
the doors also unlock.

And hearing the stall warning horn beep. :~)


As you can see, I regard them as a mixed blessing on autos as well.

With a wife and daugher, they are a safety blessing.

And, yes, if anyone is wondering, there is someone else with the same
radio key code who frequently parks within range of my car.

The odds of that are millions to one...about like your neighbor having the
same code for their garage door opener.

"Matt W. Barrow" wrote in message
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"Peter Dohm" wrote in message
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"Dallas" wrote in message
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On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:14:18 -0700 (PDT), Robert M. Gary wrote:

The other day my wife asked
why the plane doesn't have a remote unlock.

What advantage does a remote unlock offer anyone in the grand scheme of
the
universe?

Absolutely none--other than the entertainment of watching another
aircraft, on the far side of the parking ramp, blink its landing light as
the doors also unlock.

And hearing the stall warning horn beep. :~)


As you can see, I regard them as a mixed blessing on autos as well.

With a wife and daugher, they are a safety blessing.

And, yes, if anyone is wondering, there is someone else with the same
radio key code who frequently parks within range of my car.

The odds of that are millions to one...about like your neighbor having the
same code for their garage door opener.

Actually, there are surprisingly few codes on any given frequency,
especially since each key fob uses three and sometimes four of the available
codes--for open/close/panic and typically trunk release. It is actually a
fraction of the codes available for a typical four tumbler key lock for any
given type of key blank--so you can probably think of a transmitting
frequency as being analogous to a style of key blank.

"Peter Dohm" wrote in message
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"Matt W. Barrow" wrote in message
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The odds of that are millions to one...about like your neighbor having
the same code for their garage door opener.

Actually, there are surprisingly few codes on any given frequency,
especially since each key fob uses three and sometimes four of the
available codes--for open/close/panic and typically trunk release. It is
actually a fraction of the codes available for a typical four tumbler key
lock for any given type of key blank--so you can probably think of a
transmitting frequency as being analogous to a style of key blank.

IIUC, a fob can have one frequency and over one million correlation codes.

On 2008-03-18, Matt W. Barrow wrote:
The odds of that are millions to one...about like your neighbor having the
same code for their garage door opener.

In a country with a lot of people, and a lot of cars, million to one
chances happen rather frequently. A few years ago my Dad was just
getting ready to drive off in his car when it locked and the alarm went
off - someone had just parked the same model of car nearby and locked it
with the remote. Both cars responded to the lock.

--
From the sunny Isle of Man.
Yes, the Reply-To email address is valid.

"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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On 2008-03-18, Matt W. Barrow wrote:
The odds of that are millions to one...about like your neighbor having
the
same code for their garage door opener.

In a country with a lot of people, and a lot of cars, million to one
chances happen rather frequently. A few years ago my Dad was just
getting ready to drive off in his car when it locked and the alarm went
off - someone had just parked the same model of car nearby and locked it
with the remote. Both cars responded to the lock.

You have a million people within 500 feet (the range of a fob/garage door
opened) of you at any one time?

They're LONG odds, not impossibility.

Further, "a few years ago" such devices had maybe 200 codes and no
preventive logic.

Now, the systems are far more sophisticated.

On Mar 17, 12:14*am, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:
I use my plane for family transportation. So the wife and kids don't
see a lot of difference between running out to the plane to go to
Mexico vs. going out to the car. So when the family runs out ahead and
we have the car I hit the remote unlock. The other day my wife asked
why the plane doesn't have a remote unlock. When you think about it;
why not have the same ease-of-use items in the plane as the car.

-robert (greetings from remote Mexico)

I don't know why either, probably because everything aviation will cos
15 times as much to implement. I have a 50cc Chinese scooter that
came with an alarm system that has remote start. Loads of fun, brand
new for under $650.00. The sensitivity of the alarm is excellent.
you have to nodge the scoot a little to trigger it. The occasional
wind doesn't set it off.

Wil

On Mar 16, 10:14*pm, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:
I use my plane for family transportation. So the wife and kids don't
see a lot of difference between running out to the plane to go to
Mexico vs. going out to the car. So when the family runs out ahead and
we have the car I hit the remote unlock. The other day my wife asked
why the plane doesn't have a remote unlock. When you think about it;
why not have the same ease-of-use items in the plane as the car.

-robert (greetings from remote Mexico)

Hadn't been invented in 1966.
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