A380 Cockipt Panorama

[John Howling Mouse]

Probably the best 3D panorama view I've ever seen: when you zoom in, you can read every instrument and placard.  Love the camera view looking over the fuselage.  What are the two domes aside the central throttle quadrant?

http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/cockpit1.htm

[B777LR]

The two domes besides the throttle quadrant are a kind of mouse cursors, instead of having a mouse (like on your PC), flying around the cockpit in turbulence...

Wheres the brakes?

[AeroplaneDriver]

The two domes besides the throttle quadrant are a kind of mouse cursors, instead of having a mouse (like on your PC), flying around the cockpit in turbulence...

Wheres the brakes?

It's a trackball controller for the Primary Flight Displays and Multifunction Displays.  To make them easy to use in a dark flight deck and in turbulence the dome is where the pilot's hand rests, with his or her fingertips resting on the ball.  I've never flown anything with this system, but I've played with it in the cockpit of a Falcon EASy.  It's pretty neat, and feels very natural to use.

[B777LR]

The two domes besides the throttle quadrant are a kind of mouse cursors, instead of having a mouse (like on your PC), flying around the cockpit in turbulence...

Wheres the brakes?

It's a trackball controller for the Primary Flight Displays and Multifunction Displays.  To make them easy to use in a dark flight deck and in turbulence the dome is where the pilot's hand rests, with his or her fingertips resting on the ball.  I've never flown anything with this system, but I've played with it in the cockpit of a Falcon EASy.  It's pretty neat, and feels very natural to use.

Ah, ok then, was slightly wrong...

But i assume you would know where the brakes are located? Stopping any aircraft without wheelbrakes must be difficult?

[Archibald]

Even more if you consider an A380. Really need STRONG brakes to stop such mass...

[AeroplaneDriver]

The two domes besides the throttle quadrant are a kind of mouse cursors, instead of having a mouse (like on your PC), flying around the cockpit in turbulence...

Wheres the brakes?

It's a trackball controller for the Primary Flight Displays and Multifunction Displays.  To make them easy to use in a dark flight deck and in turbulence the dome is where the pilot's hand rests, with his or her fingertips resting on the ball.  I've never flown anything with this system, but I've played with it in the cockpit of a Falcon EASy.  It's pretty neat, and feels very natural to use.

Ah, ok then, was slightly wrong...

But i assume you would know where the brakes are located? Stopping any aircraft without wheelbrakes must be difficult?

I wouldnt say you were wrong at all, I was just addiing some more detail.  Teh wheelbrakes are on the rudder pedals.  If you push the entire pedal you actuate the rudder and nosewheel (though main nosewheel steering is through the little steering wheel on outboard of the sidesticks), but pushin in on just the upper part of the pedal actuates the wheelbrakes for the respective side.  Normally stopping the aircraft during landing or rejected takeoff is done with autubrakes, which can be selected at different levels depending on runway length.  Between the autobrakes and antiskid the wear and tear on the brakes and tires is generally a lot less with autobraking that manual, though maual is always available if needed and is always used to stop while taxiing.

(All this brake mumbo-jumbo applies to just abaout all transport category aircraft, not just the 380)


Looking at this panorama thing again I'm a bit surprised at the jumpseats.  The 777 has a nice comfly, full sized non folding jumpseat, plus a folding one, but it looks like the like the 380 just has the god-awful uncomfortable folding ones.  I once jumpseated to Heathrow on United and went on a 777 that was reallllly comfy, then had to come home on a 767 that was 7.5 hours of hell.