Question for 737NG drivers

jwp_145

jwp_145

GhostRider in the Sky
What info comes up on the screen directly above the throttle quadrant? I always see it blank in pics.
 
jwp_145 said:
What info comes up on the screen directly above the throttle quadrant? I always see it blank in pics.
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Here's on the 772
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It displays other info, like ACARS messages, and flight plan info.

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Here you can see the fuel management page
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SFCC/UND said:
keep it going

Flight simulator :)
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HEY!
mine were from a *REAL* simulator!

but anyway

The NG engine instruments are normally displayed on the center forward panel upper and lower display units. The choice of gauges displayed is a customer option.. Many NG's operators choose to have most of the parameters hidden after engine start. If an abnormality arises, it will automatically display thereby alerting the crew to the problem.
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While I have never flown the NG (I've only flown the -200) I believe that on CAL and SWA's NGs that the lower screen is not used at all. That's because they make the screens look like the old round dial planes. Basically, it's a "dumbed down" version to match the Jurasic Jets. Calcapt can correct me if I am wrong.

BTW, at Delta we have the screens that look like the 777 however, I know the bottom screen is not used for very much. Same on the 767-400.
 
AT CAL, the lower screen is not used. There are switches that allow the pilots to move displays from screen to screen. For example, you can move what is displayed on the upper center display down to the bottom display. This option would be used if there was a problem with a particular screen. Typically we just lay our flight papers on the lower screen since it is in such a convenient place. I suppose an individual airline could choose to display any number of things on that center lower screen, but I have never used it - I am waiting for DirecTV to be an option on the switch and then all bets are off....:pirate:
 
Crockrocket94 said:
Why in those sim pics does the Landing Gear have an OFF position?
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Probably the same reason that every Boeing I've flown has an OFF position. Once the gear is up, the handle is placed in the off position which turns off the hydraulics to the gear.
 
Crockrocket94 said:
Why in those sim pics does the Landing Gear have an OFF position?
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Cptnchia has it right, once hydraulic pressure brings the gear up, mechanical uplocks hold it in place. Since no hydraulic pressure is required once the gear is up, the OFF position allows the crew to remove the hydraulic pressure from the gear actuators.
 
And it's pretty cool too. There's a little "klunk!" when it goes to the off position.
 
The Lear 40/45 main gear does something similar but different. The hydraulics raise the gear (the outer gear doors are connected to the gear by linkage arms and close as the gear comes up). The inner gear doors are then closed hydraulically and held in place by uplocks. The gear hydraulics then go to a neutral position (no pressure supplied) and the gear settles down and rests completely on the inner gear doors.
 
Thats good to know, I never knew they had the OFF position.


I figured that once the gear was in the well then the subsystem would automatically have a shutoff valve, or it was just have a soleniod that would close a valve and not demand any pressure to the upside of the gear.


Learning more.
 
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