I profess I know squat about flying a plane, but I can't believe we haven't advanced beyond toggle switches and knobs. Why aren't those replaced with touchscreens or at least keypads?
lots of reasons, mainly because toggle switches have a failure rate so low that one could say they never fail. plus the tactile aspect. dont really know if you hit 20 degree flap on a touch screen compared to pulling a big fat lever down 4 clicks.
This is not very well written.
For instance "The autopilot controls are located on the glare shield panel above the glass panel displays. The knob in the middle selects which system will be active for input from the pilot."
Its actually to change the airspeed selected in the window above.
Agreed. It's obvious the person who wrote this had no knowledge about planes. Plus, the writing is about middle school-level.... Very trite, to boot. Did the author not know that a 787 won't fly at 136KIAS?
lots of reasons, mainly because toggle switches have a failure rate so low that one could say they never fail. plus the tactile aspect. dont really know if you hit 20 degree flap on a touch screen compared to pulling a big fat lever down 4 clicks.
I profess I know squat about flying a plane, but I can't believe we haven't advanced beyond toggle switches and knobs. Why aren't those replaced with touchscreens or at least keypads?
Candy stripped sticks?
Oh, it has a 250-ish seat capacity. I thought it was something stupid like the A380 holiding 500 people. Let's at least try to limit the losses when shit happens...
I profess I know squat about flying a plane, but I can't believe we haven't advanced beyond toggle switches and knobs. Why aren't those replaced with touchscreens or at least keypads?
What does this one control?
i'm not seeing any cup holders :hmm:
That is the one that seems to totally dis-assemble the wing, much to your dismay, right before landing. "look ma, I can see our house through the wing!"What does this one control?
That is the one that seems to totally dis-assemble the wing, much to your dismay, right before landing. "look ma, I can see our house through the wing!"
the comments in this thread are mostly moronic...
WTF?
Well at least you have air hostesses
nsfw..obviously
Be warned: I got an interstitial for a camwhoring website, so, a bit more than NSFW. Unlinked so people have to work to go there.
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