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Half a Mexican
18th Jul 2004, 21:30
Click here to see a photo of the a380 flight deck http://www.airbus.com/events/farnborough2004/index.asp#
It was expecting it to be more similar to the current airbus flight deck than seems to have turned out. Check out the (touch screen?) overhead panel.
What do y'all think then?
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HaM
P.S
I'm told those strange grey lumps at either side of the throttles are trackpads to control some sort of cursor on the lower screens
amanoffewwords
18th Jul 2004, 21:40
Where's the FE's seat?
amofw
There, got in first :ouch:
RadarContact
19th Jul 2004, 08:52
It would have helped if you had linked the picture itself and not the page, as this seems to have been changed since...
amanoffewwords
19th Jul 2004, 09:14
It's here (http://www.airbus.com/MultimediaElements/2843.jpg) - best not use the IMG link as it is quite a large in size.
hasell
19th Jul 2004, 12:42
Hi,
Excuse my ignorance... but where are the standby instruments?
Regards.
Has.
lomapaseo
19th Jul 2004, 12:45
What the heck are those hand sized domes on either side of the throttles??
amanoffewwords
19th Jul 2004, 13:01
Excuse my ignorance... but where are the standby instruments?
On the second floor :confused: :)
Taildragger67
19th Jul 2004, 13:16
lomapaseo -
Most likely, they are track-ball housings. Rather than a mouse, you have a ball by which you move the cursor around the screen. If you've ever seen video of the inside of a P3 or E3, then that's what the crew are using to flick the cursor around their screens. In those aircraft they're mounted in a horizontal desk but here, they'd be below - hence mounting them proud would probably be the same ergonomically.
Half a Mexican
19th Jul 2004, 13:17
I’ve just seen another, more recent, photo of what looks like the final design.
It includes the standby instruments in that empty space to the right of the captains ND. That strange glass overhead panel is gone and replaced with more conventional version.
They’ve also added the Airbus equivalent of Jeppesen’s electronic flight bag, which brings the total number of large LCD panels to 10!
EDIT:
Just found the picture:
http://en.wikipedia.org/upload/b/ba/A380.flightdeck.750pix.jpg
Cheers,
HaM
Old Smokey
20th Jul 2004, 10:32
The lumpy bits are palm rests while your fingers do the walking around the keypad.
West Coast
22nd Jul 2004, 01:10
If I was an FO on that thing you couldn't pay me to touch that tiller on the ground.
GULF69
26th Jul 2004, 14:39
Taildragger67 I think you're right - it's similar to the one on the Falcon 900 EX Easy... Quite handy, but one wonders what's next...
GULF69
FE Hoppy
26th Jul 2004, 14:50
The Cursor Control Devices look similar to those currently fitted to the EMB170. Used to move select and scroll the cursor around the screens.
Nothing really radical to my eye bur it is still a long way off.