RightSeatGirl
KA'PLAH BITCHES!
I know it's just a C-17 with turboprops, but as far as the cockpit goes..the A400M makes the C-17 look rather..well....lame. Is this wrong of me? Am I going to hell for giving Airbus props for something?
The Frogs May Have Won One!...
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RightSeatGirl
KA'PLAH BITCHES!
LOL, ya know..me too. That's vein isn't it? I'm somehow okay with that..
Chief Captain
Well-Known Member
Airbus hasn't made anything with that many knobs and dials since the original A300.
RightSeatGirl
KA'PLAH BITCHES!
I just think it looks cool! Very futuristic. Bet it's awesome looking at night!
TFaudree_ERAU
Mashin' dem buttons
Still has a panzy stick.
RightSeatGirl
KA'PLAH BITCHES!
So does the C-17...
TFaudree_ERAU
Mashin' dem buttons
But it's in the right place.
ILSstud
Well-Known Member
Between your legs?
RightSeatGirl
KA'PLAH BITCHES!
Yes...it's perfectly positioned in relation to "do it yourself" maintenance..Annnnnndddd I suppose...that the Frog stick is perfectly positioned in realtion to taking care of someone else's maintenance, so in conclusion....I guess it's still more ghey than the C-17's.
greaper007
Well-Known Member
I'm thinking it was several dares over a period of a few decades.
Personally, I'll probably lose few cool points for this, but the big-assed yoke is antiquated.
You can built a partially flyable aircraft at home and it'll still have a sideyoke.
TFaudree_ERAU
Mashin' dem buttons
Phase out big-assed yokes and I'll move to Russia. They know what's up
Dynasty22
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Boris Badenov
Fortis Leader
You're looking at this all wrong. The stick is appropriate for pantywaist airplanes where you're just giving suggestions to the computers. Yokes are appropriate for aircraft with cables and aerodynamically balanced control surfaces that will kill you if you paint em wrong. I think it was the HS748 that had such insane aileron hinge tolerances that some goober with a paint brush and ambition brought one down due to reversal. Now that airplane is all that is Man.
Congrats to them, they dressed up a cockpit like a christmas tree. Notice the nice red knobs on the ceiling panel atop all the wonderful green displays...
I wonder how practical the set up is though? I have no experience in the big birds to know if this would be easier to fly or just make a person think they were in a ninja turtle airplane.
I wonder how practical the set up is though? I have no experience in the big birds to know if this would be easier to fly or just make a person think they were in a ninja turtle airplane.
WacoFan
Bigly
You're looking at this all wrong. The stick is appropriate for pantywaist airplanes where you're just giving suggestions to the computers. Yokes are appropriate for aircraft with cables and aerodynamically balanced control surfaces that will kill you if you paint em wrong. I think it was the HS748 that had such insane aileron hinge tolerances that some goober with a paint brush and ambition brought one down due to reversal. Now that airplane is all that is Man.
Best post I have ever read.
RightSeatGirl
KA'PLAH BITCHES!
Well, being it's a military aircraft I'm certain a lot of those avionics would not be found on a commercial airliner.
And I'm pretty sure the green displays are NVG compatible.