AAPalmTree
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Un-informed dribble drabble
Boring sorta buys Embraer
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SlumTodd_Millionaire
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Name one item that isn’t factually correct.
AAPalmTree
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You honestly think there’s no visual indication of what the auto throttles are doing?
SlumTodd_Millionaire
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I don't mean on the screen. I mean from the thrust levers themselves.
It’s like my iDrive in the BMW or the FIDS screens in the lounge, you’re pushing up the page.
Honeywell box.
Honeywell.
757/767 does the same thing but doesn’t tell you what the window is. If it edges above the VNAV speed, it’s a hint to start thinking about drag. A few previous jets the only hint you’d have is going from VNAV PTH to VNAV SPD.
For.... what?
Lever position versus actual performance is a lie, ask any mad dog pilot!
Honeywell problems.
SlumTodd_Millionaire
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We had Honeywell boxes in the 717. Worked great. They didn't fly us into the ocean, either.
Good for you!
SlumTodd_Millionaire
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jtrain609
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The 757 is a hunk of crap too, then!
HATE ME.
Lever position versus actual performance is a lie, ask any mad dog pilot!
You're right about this, it shows what is being requested of the engines, not a specific power output. Even in the GLORIOUS, AMAZING, AND BICYCLE INSPIRED E-JET, what you're asking of the thing depends entirely on what mode the engine is in. The detent does different things depending on what you've got the thing programmed to do, though TOGA is still TOGA.
It'll be interesting to see how DoesThisMeanAirbusBuildsTrainCarsToo? Industries handled the issue on the A220.
What, no comment about the tray table?
The tray table is nice!
At first I hated it, but then I thought about all the situations where I’ve found myself perplexed over what the automation is doing. I heard it best described, in terms of the functionality of the automation as:
Pointing at the autopilot panel: “This is what you want” then pointing at the FMA and E/WD display saying “this is what you got”. Pointing at the autopilot panel: “This is your girlfriend” then pointing at the FMA and E/WD: “This is your wife”.
So basically no matter how you feel about it or what you did, all of the mode and performance data is going to be on your FMA and E/WD. You may have pressed the “approach” pbs but is the aircraft actually doing it? If not, make it do it.
There have been so many times when the Fast/Slow is edging toward the bottom of the case on the 767 with the autothrottles moving in a range where we should be on speed and the engines are sitting there surfing Instagram.
Maximilian_Jenius
Super User
I'll add you to the list.
Actually, you're the only one on the list. EVERYONE loves the 757.
Hack!
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Deleted member 27505
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I'm guessing you said that ironically.
But in some permutation of design/ command&control, you're probably precisely correct. That's likely what's coming.
(edit: point of clarification... I'm meaning Cessna 340.)
Cessnaflyer
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Cessnaflyer
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It's been going on for a long while, I don't think this is the stage for hiccups. The biggest issues were the military side. BA gave up on it and was pretty happy with the commercial only side.
BobDDuck
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No, but if you get a break in power transfer, both VIAs can lock up and you lose both Honeywell boxes and have no way of changing your TO waypoint or loading an approach.
What do you guys have on you 321’s?
BobDDuck
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Thales. With the new processors underneath.
L-16B
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That took me a long time to get used to. I wish they moved so I could put my hand down there to stop them from coming back sometimes so they don’t unspool in gusty winds.