777 Convensional Characteristics
Jumpjim - Your comment is exactly what Boeing hoped to hear. The 777 airplane/pilot interface was designed with the intent that pilots not have to learn a new way of flying and thus would not have to know all the details. Speed stability and pitch trim should feel natural. The balance between workload reductions (such as not having to trim for thrust/configuration changes and not having to add nose up command to maintain altitude during normal turns) and situational awareness cues (such as speed stability/trim limits and column stiffening with increased speed) was chosen with great care.
I'm very interested in how you have found the 777 from the perspective of handling qualities, intuitiveness of response, and easy of maintaining situational awareness. I would imagine that your exposure to the 777 protection functions has been limited to time in the simulator, but I wonder if you have any comments on the overspeed, underspeed/stall, and bank angle protection functions.
Last edited by FCeng84; 5th December 2011 at 17:49.
Reason: correct typo