Nice 787 Cockpit Picture

[BILL LUMBERG]

What is that control panel bolted to the top of the dash? Looks like an afterthought.

I saw video documentary on the making of the 787 (courtesy of Boeing) and it looked like a basic LED display of speed readout and I think it is for the ongoing test program. Even though this plane is painted up, it's still being used for ongoing testing and I heard this flight was for Fuel Temperature monitoring and planning calculations.....

The cockpit concept photos do not contain those on the glareshield.

 

[UpNDownGuy]

Amen to that. Boeing needs to get their head out of their butt.

Total failure. Go back to Airbus wannabee pilot indoctrination. Real airplanes have real controls.

 

[Quimby]

What is that control panel bolted to the top of the dash? Looks like an afterthought.

Flight test/certification thingy?

 

[Patriot328]

Total failure. Go back to Airbus wannabee pilot indoctrination. Real airplanes have real controls.

Bwahaha and where do those yoke go?

Yeah exactly... get rid of them and put in some side sticks.. Ergonomics are a good thing.

 

[eaglesview]

Total failure. Go back to Airbus wannabee pilot indoctrination. Real airplanes have real controls.

The yoke is just a pacifier for those that can't think outside the box. The computer that the stick in the airbus is attached to on the sidewall is just moved under the floor and attached to the bottom of the yoke.
You thinking this isn't fly by wire??

 

[GogglesPisano]

Airbus builds, without a doubt, a quieter, more ergonomic and comfortable office.

Boeings are more fun to handfly.

If you fly 5 legs a day, fly a Boeing.

If you fly 5 times a month, fly an Airbus.

 

[eaglesview]

Actually handflying tha bus is quite enjoyable. You don't have to keep the A/P and throttles engaged. well unless you fly for frontier.

 

[jonjuan]

Airbus builds, without a doubt, a quieter, more ergonomic and comfortable office.

Boeings are more fun to handfly.

If you fly 5 legs a day, fly a Boeing.

If you fly 5 times a month, fly an Airbus.

If you're a passenger, fly an airbus.

 

[TWA Dude]

Some people prefer them!!!

People who've actually flown a sidestick? Doubtful.

 

[Salukipilot4590]

Eh I actually like having controls between my legs....feels less like Flight-Sim.


....buuut that's just me.....GO EMBRAER!

 

[SpauldingSmails]

Some people prefer them!!!

Those yokes are just a shameless ploy to "fool the meat." It's an awfully long handle to make suggestions to a computer with. Oh well, to each their own. Yokes are a B trademark now.

Honestly, the people who are "writing the check" for the planes wouldn't care if it were steered rectally with a with a broom handle; so long as the fuel burn is low and dispatch reliability is high. In the end, to the executives, its just a piece of heavy industrial equipment.

I'd love to be Boeing's plastic supplier, no shortage of it in that flight deck.

 

[FR8mastr]

Its not the fly by wire, they all have it now. It's the little red button that tells the computer "I got it" So if you want to maybe stretch a glide as long as possible ala BA777,and make the airport grounds, or maybe have the ability to cross control a little for a nasty crosswind, you can.

Everyone gets hung up on the yoke, it the design philosophy.

Both B and AB have had air data systems go TU...

 

[GogglesPisano]

Yokes are fun, until you turn the autopilot on.

And then you get your meal tray...

 

[eaglesview]

Its not the fly by wire, they all have it now. It's the little red button that tells the computer "I got it" So if you want to maybe stretch a glide as long as possible ala BA777,and make the airport grounds, or maybe have the ability to cross control a little for a nasty crosswind, you can.

Everyone gets hung up on the yoke, it the design philosophy.

Both B and AB have had air data systems go TU...

Unless you think stalling the airplane, which admittedly an airbus in normal law will not permit, is what is going to get you to the airport then the first part to the best of my knowledge is inaccurate.

As for the x wind....What??? Airbus can not land in a "nasty crosswind." I wish someone would have informed me of that years ago!!!

 

[CA1900]

If you're a passenger, fly an airbus.

Disagree.

On most Boeings I ride on, I can usually lift up the aisle armrest to let the boys breathe a little. On the Bus, they're usually locked down. Advantage: Boeing!