Absolutely everything you ever wanted to know about airplane controls

[Ian Corrigible]

(Aka "Boeing 737-600 for Dummies," courtesy of Gizmondo)

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All of them? If you're talking about a commercial airliner, then there's hundreds and hundreds. There are big, fat manuals describing what they all do. But, since you asked, buckle up. (http://gizmodo.com/absolutely-everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-air-1677766628)

[NRU74]

Thanks for the link - a very good summary for those of us no longer up to speed with how modern aviation works.
What I didn't follow, early on in the narrative, was the use of the adjective 'redundant' re the fuel and hydraulics.
Does it mean 'spare' or 'extra' - or do the cousins use it in a different context to the way we use it?

[DIBO]

redundant
...
5. Engineering
(of a device, circuit, computer system, etc.) having excess or duplicate parts that can continue to perform in the event of malfunction of some of the parts.source dictionary.com

[NRU74]

DIBO - thanks for the info - NRU74

[Driver 170]

Amazing! I'm a 737 NGX PMDG user myself.