Beluga Control "Yoke"

[JLWSanDiego]

Does anyone happen to know why the AB Beluga (I believe a 300 airframe) uses conventional yoke and not the AB Side Stick?

[Checkboard]

Because it's a derivative of a standard A300-600, which was designed with a yoke :

[aerobat77]

yes, the A300 was build before the french finally acknowledged to their short stick.

[DozyWannabe]

It's not the size of your control stick, it's what you do with it that counts.

[misd-agin]

Never discount the rapid movements electronics can provide, at a faster rate and with repeatable movement, vs. 'legacy' systems.

[aerobat77]

at a faster rate and with repeatable movement

i fully agree gentlemen , but these are only "small inputs" .

[JLWSanDiego]

Having watched a cocpit video of a cross wind landing in the Beluga, I was impressed with the obvious inputs being made by the PF (RHS) and wondering how usefull that visual might have been for the AF447 Captain upon his return tto the flight deck?

[MrHorgy]

Never discount the rapid movements electronics can provide, at a faster rate and with repeatable movement, vs. 'legacy' systems.

Will your wife be getting a Rampant Rabbit for Christmas then?

Horgy

[grounded27]

It's not the size of your control stick, it's what you do with it that counts

Yeah yeah. Just brought to mind the Boeing and MDC products I am familiar with and the airbus yoke, to grasp it it is is quite small in diameter as opposed to the American products. I had always wondered if it was in relation to the size of the stick the French were used to manipulating or an over exaggeration of the Americans?

[EW73]

At the risk of.....

What a really great looking flight deck that is, it looks so balanced and easily organized...

pity....

[STBYRUD]

I like to think that this is what the 737CL could have looked like if Boeing would have been a little more progressive early on love the 300/310!

[misd-agin]

@EW73 - Worst preflight of any airliner I've flown. And have you flown the 757/767/777? IMO much better cockpit layouts, but they're also newer designs(A300/310 = early 70's vs. late 70's(757/767)/early 90's for the 777)

And the cabin call alert would make you jump out of your skin about 25-50% of the time(very loud, right above your head). Between the two pilots is was very common for one, or both, guys to jump when the F/A's called. First flight - BUZZZZ!!!!!! I'm startled - "what the hell is that!?!?!" CKA laughs - "sorry, I forgot to warn you."

[aerobat77]

During the flight control checks on the ground, when I pulled the stick full aft, over the intercom I thought I heard a giggle.

Just to be sure I did it again. It was a giggle.

maybe she giggled because you activated the stick shaker ?