A RAF A400 landed at the local airport and my son and I got a tour of it. Being a former C-130 mechanic, it was interesting to see a very modern turboprop cargo aircraft.
The yokes are now those joy sticks? Way cool.
yup.Let me get this straight. A joystick is used to fly it? And with the left hand only?
Yeah. Joysticks for controlling large commercial aircraft have been around for nearly 40 years.Let me get this straight. A joystick is used to fly it? And with the left hand only?
I think it's a heads up display that projects an artificial horizon when positioned in front of you for landing in night time or foggy conditions?What is combiner glass?
This^^^. Differential inputs are one of the things that doomed AF #447, killing 228 people.Yes - until you start dealing with differential input.
Part of the "Heads-Up" display.What is combiner glass?
It’s the European equivalent to our C130 but slightly bigger and more cargo but less than the C17, yep. They wanted a prop plane for shorter takeoff/landing but they wanted to “best” the C130 for future customers.That thing looks like the results of a C-130 and a C-17 having a romp in the hay.
AF 447 was much more a matter of startle effect (amygdala hijack), and poor training, than of differential input.This^^^. Differential inputs are one of the things that doomed AF #447, killing 228 people.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/business/2014/10/air-france-flight-447-crash
Scott
Let me get this straight. A joystick is used to fly it? And with the left hand only?