What's it like to fly the CRJ?

I fly the mighty Smash Eight!!!
too busy with systems to even remember how to fly!
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Too funny. :D On other hand,

Cockpit is bigger than DC-9
Landing in the windy day - "We are on the runway, centerline, still in one piece. After landing checklist." :D
LGA tower - can you accept LAHSO?
me - "Tower, do you want us to get off first turn off?" :p

back to topic, don't know too much about CRJ though
 
Flying the CRJ is just like. . .

Flying the CRJ mockup or whatever the hell these RJ transition course locations are using.







:sarcasm: :)
 
CRJ cockpit *is not* larger than a DC-9 by far. Where'd that one get started?
 
Ooh, been on the Dash-8 jumpseat, that's a little less debateable!

I thought he was referring to the CRJ. That damned cockpit is barely larger than a 19-hondy.
 
I have made a dozen perfect landings in varying conditions in the 900....Uh...in MS FSX. Am I good to go? I even figured out the autopilot! (Ducks)
 
The only jets I have significant time in are the -200 and the CE750. I like the hand flying feel of the -200 better than the X. It is definitely easier to land. Consistent greasers, even for a Comair Academy "kid" out of the seminole :rolleyes: (must have been the Bombardier engineers dumbing down the cockpit for me :p). However, when I ask the X to do something for me (like climb at 2000fpm to FL410 or get over that cell at FL490), it can do it. When I asked the -200, it gave me 500 fpm above FL200 and topped out at FL310 (if I was lucky). :panic:
 
captainphil said:
What's it like to fly the CRJ?
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It's like warm apple pie...

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I would assume.




...because I don't fly the CRJ not because...

ahh never mind:D
 
Flying the CRJ is no different than riding a bicycle...just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes.











Anyone?:D
 
The only thing I really liked about the CRJ was how easy it was to slow it down in a hurry. Like Peanuckle said, you could take it 250 till the marker and easily have it slowed down and stable by 500 ft at the latest, usually by 1000 ft. Everything else kinda sucked, though: too noisy, climbs like a pig, hydraulic flight controls with unrealistic feel on the yoke, electronic gremlins in the cold, etc... Just not a very good airplane for an airliner.
 
I actually only flew the 200 in the simulator, but the 700 is one of the best planes in the sky IMO.
 
I don't fly the CRJ, but I do fly an ERJ around every once in a while.

I really don't understand the aircraft at all to tell you the truth. It's got an EMB-120 cockpit...ok it's basically an EMB-120 that got stretched, got a swept wing put on it and got jets put on the back.

To be honest, it's got some great systems that are extremely automated and in my experience, extremely reliable. But for all the cool systems, FADEC, glass, blah blah blah, it came out of the factory with a pair of handlebars and it hand flies like a mack truck. It's kind of confusing to tell you the truth.
 
I dunno if the ERJ always flies like this, but I jumpseated on an Ex-OzarkAir flight and the FO (had about 8 months on the plane maybe) hand flew the approach in a series of 5-10 degree snap rolls. It was really sort of odd.
 
adreamer said:
Too funny. :D On other hand,

Cockpit is bigger than DC-9
Landing in the windy day - "We are on the runway, centerline, still in one piece. After landing checklist." :D
LGA tower - can you accept LAHSO?
me - "Tower, do you want us to get off first turn off?" :p

back to topic, don't know too much about CRJ though
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Doug Taylor said:
CRJ cockpit *is not* larger than a DC-9 by far. Where'd that one get started?
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I think he was referring to the smash-8 that he flies for pdt.
 
PCL_128 said:
electronic gremlins in the cold, etc...
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Don't get me wrong.. I actually loved the way the CRJ flew. I knew that I could fly that badboy accurately down to any weather condition with whatever happened.... but man....

If it's a cold morning..get in and get the APU running and the warm air flowing through the cockpit. Half the switches won't work until you get that flight deck the temp of an oven. You'd think the Canadians would design an airplane that would work nicely when it's cold soaked...



Anybody else really like the way the tiller felt?
 
The Dash and CRJ have the same fuselage cross section. So both the Dash and CRJ have a significantly smaller cockpit than the DC9.

You could have a wedding in the 9 cockpit. In fact, when I went to the 737, I was disappointed in how much less space I had on the side.

These days i'm delighted if I have enough room to bring a pack of gum up front. ;)
 
It's a love/hate relationship with me. I love it most of the time, but I hate it when I'm climbing through the mid-FL20s and above. The flare is jacked up. To those that say it flies nothing like a Cessna....it actually flares a LOT like a 172, just a whole heck of a lot faster. Try doing the flight deck inspection when it's freezing cold and the airplane is a popsicle, and you'll have to re-do about half of the tests after it warms up. It does hand fly fairly well, but I'm limited in my jet hand flying experience to the -200, so there's not much for me to compare it to. I've seen the books and manuals on the -900. It's nice and shiny, but I'm not gonna fly it until I can hold ATL CA with a decent schedule and afford to move back to Orlando.



PeanuckleCRJ said:
Anybody else really like the way the tiller felt?
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Not sure. I'll let ya know in a couple of months. :)
 
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