What's on this a/c's glareshield?
4 axis motion
Spot on ZFT.
It was a "development" of the old 3 axis system, achieved by mounting the 3 axis motion onto a a pair of "linear bearings" - i.e. a sort of special "railway track" - to simulate Sway (e.g. for engine out at TO, etc). It was the "poor man's alternative" to a full 6 axis motion, (remember, the cost of that sim was MORE than the cost of a ready-to-fly F27 aircraft!), and as you say, the 4 axis never caught on. AFAIK it was a Refdifon-only offering.
Yup, the grey (I prefer the colour "silver" actually, much more "interesting) is definitely rampant in (the small amount) of hair remaining!
Krgds
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It was a "development" of the old 3 axis system, achieved by mounting the 3 axis motion onto a a pair of "linear bearings" - i.e. a sort of special "railway track" - to simulate Sway (e.g. for engine out at TO, etc). It was the "poor man's alternative" to a full 6 axis motion, (remember, the cost of that sim was MORE than the cost of a ready-to-fly F27 aircraft!), and as you say, the 4 axis never caught on. AFAIK it was a Refdifon-only offering.
Yup, the grey (I prefer the colour "silver" actually, much more "interesting) is definitely rampant in (the small amount) of hair remaining!
Krgds
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NIH
I think the "NIH" mindset might only have been at Boeing and not America-wide, as our DC-9 fleet had them.
They were so effective that my employer installed them on the glareshield of the 767 and then the A320, 330, 340.
I think the reason this type of checklist was not used on the DC-8, B747 or L-1011 was the presence of the Second Officer who ran a somewhat-similar mechanical checklist( with sliding windows instead of vertically-flipping) from his position.
And they're not on the 777 due to the electronic checklist.
They were so effective that my employer installed them on the glareshield of the 767 and then the A320, 330, 340.
I think the reason this type of checklist was not used on the DC-8, B747 or L-1011 was the presence of the Second Officer who ran a somewhat-similar mechanical checklist( with sliding windows instead of vertically-flipping) from his position.
And they're not on the 777 due to the electronic checklist.
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Just sour (Napa Valley?) grapes
