n757st
It's always sunny in JFK
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Close, electronic
I guess that serves me right for correcting someone else.. ...either way, if I'm flying, in the Rj-200 I'm the fadec.
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Close, electronic
They are cramped in the cockpit. The passengers hate them. They have no control feel whatsoever. It is the worst flying airplane I have flown in GA or the airlines. It does have the highest paycheck of any airplane I have flown so that is it's only plus. The air conditioning system is terrible. Auto mode automatically gives you full cold or full hot and that's about it.
At least in the -200 the reason you get a better landing in a crosswind is the fact that only having 1 wieght on wheel signal means the GLD will not deploy.
FADEC and an ECS system worth a dang would be nice. Also, most ProLine4 bizjets I've seen have VNAV, so WTF was Bombardier thinking by not including it on the CRJ?
kind of a new guy here..but what is a FADEC exactly?
Autopilot is kind of a POS in that it hunts bandly when you are making a turn in heading mode and switch to NAV
The FADEC on the ERJ is like another guy called it, "FADEC light". It's also unnecessarily complicated to use. It needs ALOT of information before it can control the engine for whatever regime of flight. The Dork had a much more sophisticated FADEC. Just put the thrust lever in the appropriate detent (TO, Climb, or Cruise) and it will do the rest.
Just curious, what's so complicated about the ERJ "FADEC LIGHT?" You plug in 3 items prior to take-off, push the levers to the detent and then hit a button when you want climb or cruise power. If that's complicated I'd hate to see what you call all old turboprop!
Complicated in the fact that it can't do ANYTHING until you give it information. In flight, why can't it be like most every other airplane? You want cruise power, pull the levers back and let the FADEC do the rest. You want more power, push them up and let the FADEC do the rest.
Also, a go around is a total cluster with that thing. Push the levers up, make sure the PNF pushes the right buttons. If the detent is weak and you accidently go past it on the TO run, oh well. We'll have to wait until climbing to do anything about it. How many times in an XR have you hit the climb button TWICE only not to see the "E Climb" icon on the EICAS?
If you have ever flown a plane with a real FADEC, you will know what I am talking about.
Yeah, the ERJ has a few neat bells and whistles, but the FADEC light isn't exactly one of them. It's overly complicated and takes too much managment to be called that.