Falcon 10X

Wardogg

Wardogg

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The Falcon 10X took its first flight yesterday. This was a promotional picture from that flight.

Call me crazy, is it just me or is that a singular throttle lever?

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You aren't crazy. Looks like they're missing a couple. I wonder how that works in engine fire/failure scenarios?
 
It’s got to be all automatic now. It either forces itself to idle or hits the fire button without any human input.

Guess we’ll just get rid of the oral for the type. No need to talk about memory items or limitations.
 
Wardogg said:
Call me crazy, is it just me or is that a singular throttle lever?
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It is, they call it Smart Throttle.

www.ainonline.com

Dassault Picks 10X for First Falcon Smart Throttle Platform | AIN

After testing the Smart Throttle on the Falcon 7X, Dassault has selected the 10X as the first that will be equipped with the new safety technology.
www.ainonline.com www.ainonline.com

After four years of flying EASy I generally really like how Dassault does things with avionics but they are really not making me happy with this thing. The pilot seats are breathable, the idea being that one crew member can rest on the flight deck while the other monitors during cruise. 100 million dollar airplane, you can afford to have a relief pilot and a crew rest compartment.

Not that it matters for me though, #Guppylife4ever.
 
arkflyr said:
It is, they call it Smart Throttle.

www.ainonline.com

Dassault Picks 10X for First Falcon Smart Throttle Platform | AIN

After testing the Smart Throttle on the Falcon 7X, Dassault has selected the 10X as the first that will be equipped with the new safety technology.
www.ainonline.com www.ainonline.com

After four years of flying EASy I generally really like how Dassault does things with avionics but they are really not making me happy with this thing. The pilot seats are breathable, the idea being that one crew member can rest on the flight deck while the other monitors during cruise. 100 million dollar airplane, you can afford to have a relief pilot and a crew rest compartment.

Not that it matters for me though, #Guppylife4ever.
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Yeah I don’t get it. And I’m an old guy that likes automation. Why give them a throttle at all then? Just make it push button like modern day car transmission shifters.

T/O
CLB/CRU
DES/APPR
LND


Four little switch lights in the center console.
Hell, you could put it on the yoke as a thumb switch.

PS if this is in the Gulfstream X you saw it here first. It was MY IDEA!
 
Yeah, single Power Lever
(throttle is for corroborators)

I get it....
Don't like it, but I get it.

Maybe it will be like single pedal driving in the Tesla.
 
arkflyr said:
It is, they call it Smart Throttle.

www.ainonline.com

Dassault Picks 10X for First Falcon Smart Throttle Platform | AIN

After testing the Smart Throttle on the Falcon 7X, Dassault has selected the 10X as the first that will be equipped with the new safety technology.
www.ainonline.com www.ainonline.com

After four years of flying EASy I generally really like how Dassault does things with avionics but they are really not making me happy with this thing. The pilot seats are breathable, the idea being that one crew member can rest on the flight deck while the other monitors during cruise. 100 million dollar airplane, you can afford to have a relief pilot and a crew rest compartment.

Not that it matters for me though, #Guppylife4ever.
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Interesting read. My first thought was "what if you need differential thrust to recover from a spin". They put automatic upset recovery to fix that. There seems to be a manual mode but that's probably an emergency mode.
 
Wardogg said:
Guess we’ll just get rid of the oral for the type. No need to talk about memory items or limitations.
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If @jhugz was in charge, there would be zero memory items in an airliner other than Don 02 Mask. There is nothing that needs to happen fast enough in an airliner that you don’t have time to pull a checklist out.
 
jhugz said:
If @jhugz was in charge, there would be zero memory items in an airliner other than Don 02 Mask. There is nothing that needs to happen fast enough in an airliner that you don’t have time to pull a checklist out.
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I’ve gotten a loss of braking scenario in the sim approaching another runway in low vis. That one should probably be a memory item.
 
Parachutes are a curiosity, what are the chances they can get out in time if something really goes wrong?
 
bike21 said:
Parachutes are a curiosity, what are the chances they can get out in time if something really goes wrong?
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I can’t imagine anyone thinking “Man, I’m glad we didn’t have a parachute that day!” :)

I sat down with the Airbus test pilot of a tail I was taking delivery of in Toulouse and their protocols for flight testing are what they are.
 
bike21 said:
Parachutes are a curiosity, what are the chances they can get out in time if something really goes wrong?
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I think there's provisions for egress on the initial flight. As testing continues those provisions will be removed to make room for whatever the airplane ends up as. Should they be strapped into ejection seats with a frangible cockpit ceiling? They're called test pilots for a reason, normally they are engineers first and also happen to be accomplished aviators. They've been integrated into the development of the first flight and believe it will be successful, they probably hate having to wear a parachute but it's a requirement so they comply. Private jets do occasionally crash during the test phase, Gulfstream lost a 650 and it killed everyone on board during testing. Nothing is certain and there's no free lunch.
 
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