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Originally Posted by Canarsie
(Post 7809145)
I truly enjoyed switching the roles of Captain and First Officer with you in the cockpit, Lehava...
...but would it be worth jeopardizing 130 to 200 lives just to be able to hear that announcement? And what if there is a thunderstorm? Are you going to make me take over the controls again? Regardless, knfenimore was absolutely correct: Not to mention I want to try the taxi'ing thing we didnt do. Truth be told I have no desire to fly passengers, but I do think I might look into taking flight lessons on a small plane and if I ever win the lottery I am getting me a sim!!!!!! I just need my fix regularly *grin*. My big dream, some day somehow I do want to ride the jump seat on something, I want to see a real pilot do what we did!!! |
Originally Posted by Lehava
(Post 7809163)
Now that I have a better grasp at the concept of the brakes and when you need to do what I think I have it figured out - I was only applying one side thinking steering was primary, but braking is, and since you are coming in straight if you hit them both equally and hard you shouldnt need to steer til you have her slowed down!!!! I want another shot at that sim!!!!! I can tackle the foot thing I know I can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not to mention I want to try the taxi'ing thing we didnt do. It was difficult enough to attempt to instantly switch from using the yoke to steer the aircraft before landing to using the pedals after landing while braking the aircraft on an active runway and pulling the yoke back ever so slightly to keep the nose of the aircraft slightly upwards upon touchdown — all simultaneously. Even though I did fairly well on my last “landing” in the Boeing 777-200 flight simulator, I would like to have the opportunity to attempt to perfect that — if I knew it would do any good in real life. I can be such a perfectionist... |
Originally Posted by Canarsie
(Post 7809145)
Regardless, knfenimore was absolutely correct:That was the most difficult part for me during the entire flight simulation experience.
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Also Keith has me very curious to try the airbus now that he mentioned it is done with a joystick vs a yoke. I almost think the rudders would be easier in that as you wouldnt be so used to the sense of steering that you have with the yoke
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Originally Posted by USA_flyer
(Post 7801654)
:eek: Hence the desire to move onto electric motion bases.
From Montreal to FLL. I guess the cold up there was getting a bit much huh?:D ;) And yes moving from CAE to Sunny Florida was a good move. No more driving home peering through a 1” hole in the windshield ice. |
Iron Bird
Flight Sims are not only used for training, but for R&D by the airplane manufacturers. I was lucky enough once to visit Airbus in Toulouse and got to fly the A340 “Iron Bird”. This is a simulator like any other (no motion base) that drives the real aircraft hardware spread out in a huge hanger. When you put the wheels up, you see the wheels going up in the hanger. It all works except the engines – they are simulated and I believe they use electric motors to drive the functions the engines normally supply (beyond thrust obviously).
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Originally Posted by mikepa
(Post 7812893)
When you put the wheels up, you see the wheels going up in the hanger. .
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Airbus vs Boeing
The new Airbus' use a joystick similar to an F16 fighter. It's looks like a gaming joystick. The Capt's is left handed and the F/O is right and to their respective sides. The Airbus is a fly by wire aircraft in which the pilot inputs to the joystick and the computer calculates demand and sends it to the control surfaces. Here is a link that explains fly by wire .
http://www.apollosoftware.com/produc...re_english.pdf I would think this would be hard to move up to Capt from F/O and change control hands. As far as the rudder pedals, I think they are the same in form and function. There is still a tiller wheel for ground taxi. It's great to have a CAE guy online. We use IBM F40's and F50's to drive our sims. We use IBM work stations to simulate our Flight Mode Computers for navigation. All are tied together through an old 10base2 network. The visual and work stations feed a standard ethernet hub to the IBM's. Our newer sims are 5 to 8 years old. We still have old Sel(Encore) 32/77 32/67. We also have some old Motorola 187's driving the Thales sims. Keith |
Yoke VS Joystick
:)Sorry I have not posted in a while. I was at Boy Scout Sea Base in Fla with my son. Rudders are still used for lateral control. The joystick does pitch and roll like the yoke. Ground taxi is still with the tiller.
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Any recommendations for those of us who want to do 15 minutes of touch and go landings? What runways are loaded in the simulator? I'm assuming DEN is loaded, which AFAIK has the longest US runway, but is BPX/ZUBD loaded? (2000ft longer). I want to make sure that if I am trying to do a touch and go in a 777 that I have plenty of runway :)
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Originally Posted by ifette
(Post 14441238)
Any recommendations for those of us who want to do 15 minutes of touch and go landings? What runways are loaded in the simulator? I'm assuming DEN is loaded, which AFAIK has the longest US runway, but is BPX/ZUBD loaded? (2000ft longer). I want to make sure that if I am trying to do a touch and go in a 777 that I have plenty of runway :)
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knfenimore,
I take it that there is someone (or people?) elsewhere in the building simulating ATC, departure control, arrival control, ground control, etc.? Are the pilots in the sim required to do the broadcasts to the passengers and flight attendants? (e.g. "Flight attendants, please prepare for departure," "ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We're now cruising at 31,000 feet.") What kind of computer processors/systems run the sims? - Pat |
Originally Posted by Wiirachay
(Post 14441585)
knfenimore,
I take it that there is someone (or people?) elsewhere in the building simulating ATC, departure control, arrival control, ground control, etc.? Are the pilots in the sim required to do the broadcasts to the passengers and flight attendants? (e.g. "Flight attendants, please prepare for departure," "ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We're now cruising at 31,000 feet.") What kind of computer processors/systems run the sims? - Pat I believe what you talk about is done, as it is a defined procedure, but since time is money in the sims, there's an abbreviation you say that indicates you've done the proper pa's. Again, ask W0X0F. |
Available Airports
Originally Posted by ifette
(Post 14441238)
Any recommendations for those of us who want to do 15 minutes of touch and go landings? What runways are loaded in the simulator? I'm assuming DEN is loaded, which AFAIK has the longest US runway, but is BPX/ZUBD loaded? (2000ft longer). I want to make sure that if I am trying to do a touch and go in a 777 that I have plenty of runway :)
Device Visual IG System 777-2 EP-1000CT ICAO IATA Airport Name Model Class ------------------------------------------------------------ BIKF KEF Keflavik International Airport 2 EGKK LGW London Gatwick 2 EGLL LHR London Heathrow 2 EINN SNN Shannon 2 FAJS JNB Johannesburg 2 GENR GEN Generic 3 KATL ATL Atlanta 1 KBOS BOS Boston 2 KCVG CVG Cincinnati 1 KEWR EWR Newark 2 KIAD IAD Washington Dulles 2 KJFK JFK Kennedy 2 KLAX LAX Los Angeles 2 KMCO MCO Orlando 2 KMEM MEM Memphis 1 KONT ONT Ontario 2 KPHL PHL Philadelphia 2 KSEA SEA Seattle 2 KSFO SFO San Francisco 2 KSLC SLC Salt Lake City 2 LFKC CLY Calvi Sainte-Catherine 2 OMDB DXB Dubai 2 PAFA FAI Fairbanks 2 PANC ANC Anchorage Ted Stevens International 2 PHNL HNL Honolulu, Oahu Hawaii 2 RJAA NRT Tokyo - Narita 2 RKSI ICN Incheon South Korea 2 SBGL GIG Rio de Janeiro 2 SKBO BOG Bogota 2 VABB BOM Mumbai (Chhatrapati Shivaji Intl) 2 VHHH HKG Hong Kong 2 VIDP DEL Delhi Indigra Gandhi Intl 2 ZBAA PEK Beijing 2 ZSPD PVG Shanghai Pudong Airport 2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Page 1 of 2 Class 1 Visual Models : KATL ATL Atlanta 1 KCVG CVG Cincinnati 1 KMEM MEM Memphis 1 --------------------------------------------------------- * Visual Model Class: ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Custom Airport Model. FAA certified, QTG model. 2 Custom Airport Model. 3 Incomplete, Inaccurate, or Specific Purpose Models ------------------------------------------------------------------ This is a list for the 767 simulators. Device - Visual Models Report Device Visual IG System 767-5 ESIG 3350 ICAO IATA Airport Name Model Class ------------------------------------------------------------ CYVR YVR Vancouver 2 CYYC YYC Calgary 2 EDDF FRA Frankfurt 2 EGCC MAN Manchester 2 EGKK LGW London Gatwick 2 EGLL LHR London Heathrow 2 EGNM LBA Leeds 2 EHAM AMS Amsterdam 2 EINN SNN Shannon 2 GENR GEN Generic 3 KABQ ABQ Albuquerque 2 KATL ATL Atlanta 1 KBHM BHM Birmingham 2 KBOS BOS Boston 2 KBWI BWI Baltimore 2 KCLT CLT Charlotte 2 KCVG CVG Cincinnati 1 KDAL DAL Dallas/Love 2 KDCA DCA Washington Reagan National 2 KDEN DEN Denver 2 KDFW DFW Dallas/Ft. Worth 2 KDTW DTW Detroit 2 KEGE EGE Eagle County 2 KEWR EWR Newark 2 KFLL FLL Fort Lauderdale 2 KHDN HDN Hayden 2 KIAD IAD Washington Dulles 2 KJAC JAC Jackson Hole 2 KJAX JAX Jacksonville 2 KJFK JFK Kennedy 2 KLAS LAS Las Vegas McCarran Intl 2 KLAX LAX Los Angeles 2 KLGA LGA La Guardia 2 KMCO MCO Orlando 2 KMDW MDW Midway - Chicago 2 Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Page 1 of 3 KMEM MEM Memphis 1 KMIA MIA Miami 2 KMSO MSO Missoula 2 KMSP MSP Minneapolis St Paul Intl 2 KONT ONT Ontario 2 KORD ORD Chicago O'Hare 2 KPDX PDX Portland 2 KPHL PHL Philadelphia 2 KPIT PIT Pittsburgh 2 KPSP PSP Palm Springs 2 KRNO RNO Reno 2 KSAN SAN San Diego 2 KSDF SDF Louisville 2 KSEA SEA Seattle 2 KSFO SFO San Francisco 2 KSLC SLC Salt Lake City 2 KSNA SNA Santa Ana 2 KTPA TPA Tampa 2 KTYS TYS Knoxville 2 LEBB BIO Bilbao 2 LFPG CDG Paris Charles De Gaulle 2 LFPO ORY Paris Orly 2 LSZH ZRH Zurich 2 LTBA IST Istanbul 2 MGGT GUA Guatemala City 2 MHTG TGU Tegucigalpa 2 MMMX MEX Mexico City (Juarez Arpt) 2 MROC SJO San Jose, Costa Rica 2 PHNL HNL Honolulu, Oahu Hawaii 2 PHOG OGG Kahului, Maui Hawaii 2 RJAA NRT Tokyo - Narita 2 RJTT HND Tokyo - Haneda 2 SBGL GIG Rio de Janeiro 2 SEGU UIO Quito 2 SKBO BOG Bogota 2 VHHH HKG Hong Kong 2 ZBAA PEK Beijing 2 ------------------------------------------------------------ Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Page 2 of 3 Class 1 Visual Models : KATL ATL Atlanta 1 KCVG CVG Cincinnati 1 KMEM MEM Memphis 1 --------------------------------------------------------- * Visual Model Class: ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Custom Airport Model. FAA certified, QTG model. 2 Custom Airport Model. 3 Incomplete, Inaccurate, or Specific Purpose Models ------------------------------------------------------------------ Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Page 3 of 3 |
According to the list posted above, no DL pilots have the opportunity to practice flying into/out of TLV.
Why do I suddenly feel uncomfortable? |
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