Very well done.

If you feel brave enough to put the thesis on a website somewhere and place the link here, I think that quite of a few of us would enjoy reading it.

G

A well-deserved result and with Augusta-Westland taking over the 609 it could be very timely. Like Genghis, I'd like to read a copy - any way to post a PDF somewhere?

Easy to criticise someone else's work, so here goes!

How do I get into that seat without stepping on something expensively frangible or bashing my head on the overhead throttles/condition-levers or kicking my co-pilot? Now, I've knocked many a switch getting in/out of a cockpit seat in my not-illustrious* career, so I appreciate that sometimes the cockpit designer has to fall back on trusting the aircrew not to be clumsy oafs. But if you can design out as many potential "inadvertent actuation"s as practical then you'll make a safer aircraft. So please tell me that you considered how the crew get in/out of the cockpit, as well how well it works when they're sitting comfortably.

*although HMS Illustrious was involved and I should be clear that, as ever, that good ship and her crew did indeed live up to the name

Yes we did, and the seats do move aft & outboard - as far as is possible in such a dinky aircraft. To be honest there really aren't very many knobs or buttons you can knock anyway, that was part of my design objectives. If you can avoid stomping on the touch controllers then that's about it on the centre pedestal...

The cockpit was also modified for lower-limb disabled pilots, and for that the side pods are removed allowing the seats to move further outboard. Pedals were replaced with a yaw control built into the collective / throttle.

For those wishing to read the thesis, I can email it out in PDF - it's only 5mb. Just PM me and I'll send it across - be interested to hear any feedback from the real world!

Never saw this thread before today, one word - wow! Best thread in years with some contributions from real 'heavyweights'! Fascinating stuff. Good work glum!

I'm currently studying an MSc in avionic system design at Cranfield, with a focus on cockpit / flight deck design. Just the same as you did!

Could you please send me the thesis? my email is [email protected]

Thanks!