[modeleng] Re: Fw: airbus cockpit 380 360 view
- From: "Alan Stepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 11:34:03 -0000
Steam engines are something we can all understand and are simple enough for
us to model.
As are the early IC engines.
A few people, such as Mr Hares, can model the more complex engines.
Those who are interested in aircraft, make the most fantastic and realistic
models of them, accurate in every detail.
However, will anyone ever make a working model if the A380?
I doubt it.
The technology has just moved so far that no one person can have the
expertise in the various hi-tech items it uses, and it is beyond normal
home-construction techniques.
No doubt some will make static models of, say, that cockpit layout, and
maybe static models of the entire plane, but I suspect that will be all.
Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barrie Purslow" <bpduo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 11:05 AM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Fw: airbus cockpit 380 360 view
Hello Clif,
A mate of mine used to fly Airbus A320's. I had a couple of flights in the
jump seat. When I asked how did they like the side stick controllers (never
"joysticks") they replied that they were great as they allowed the fitting
of a tray for food - which they pulled out from the bottom of the panel.
They also pointed out that the layout enabled them to relax and put their
feet up on the panel which they also demonstrated - for some time!
The aeroplane is incredibly automated. When flown manually (hardly ever)
there is a rocker switch mounted horizontally in the centre of the panel to
select left or right hand stick. It also has a centre position in which it
averages out what each pilot is telling the aeroplane to do!
The whole experience felt like a glimpse of the future. When the aeroplane
was flying itself - virtually all the time - none of the controls moved. So
when it landed itself after a flight in which all they did was the take off
the power levers (throttles) were still fully open. They did admit that, on
more than one occasion, they had landed, disengaged the auto and been caught
unawares by the engines suddenly spooling up!
Barrie
> Hi All,
>
> Great all round view.
> The question that come to my mind looking at all the electronics. What
> happens when a fuse blows?
> The next question is how do they fly it? There is not a control column as
> such, is control through the joy sticks?
> If so one is left hand and one is right hand. As people are not as good
> with
> both hands so much for sensitivity or do they only employ pilots who are
> ambidextrous.
>
> Regards
>
> Clif
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tony Wells" <oaksfield@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 12:48 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Fw: airbus cockpit 380 360 view
>
>
>> Subject: FW: airbus cockpit 380 360 view
>>
>>
>>
>> Although this isn't strictly model engineering, and certainly nothing to
>> do with steam engines in any way, I thought that it might still interest
>> a
>> few people here - how on earth one would model the overhead intrument
>> display set into the cockpit roof for starters!
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/cockpit1.htm
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> More in keeping with the ethos of the group, did any of the UK
>> members see the BBC's Country File today? If not, there was an item on
>> the
>> Welsh Mountain narrow guage railway which is to be re-opened shortly. It
>> looked to be nearly half as long again as the Festiniog that it meets up
>> with, so that one can have a 40 mile steam journey by using both of them
>> one way and 80 miles with the return trip. It certainly looked very good!
>>
>> Talking of return journeys, again for UK members, I recently wrote
>> to
>> the North York Moors railway, about the through service from Whitby to
>> Pickering that they ran this year. As I live south of Leeds, I would have
>> preferred to drive up to Pickering, take the trains to Whitby (which is a
>> sea side port and holiday resort for non-UK members, where the original
>> "Dracula" story was set, and the home of Captain Cook, the chap who
>> discovered Australia), spend a couple of hours there including lunch, and
>> then train it back to Pickering. Unfortunately as many of you may have
>> noticed, the time tabling seemed to indicate that the service started at
>> Whitby so that one could either spend a few hours in Pickering or a few
>> minutes in Whitby, due to the limited service, i.e. number of trains.
>>
>> They have now replied and said that they hope to run a fuller
>> service, with more trains, next year, and so will also be starting them
>> from Pickering. The proposed 9.00am train in particular would allow quite
>> some time in Whitby before the last train leaves for the return journey
>> to
>> Pickering, a full half day at least. For anyone coming up from the south,
>> this has to be good news, especially if they are like me, and have a
>> family that does not share the passion for steam, as said family can be
>> now be bribed with a day at the seaside! <VBG> For anyone who has not
>> been
>> to Whitby, there is a national prize winning fish and chip restraunt down
>> by the harbour which is really excellent, and it is worth the trip just
>> for a meal there!
>>
>> TonyW.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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