360 view of A380 cockpit

[Roborovskii]

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

So many buttons... which one to press? And what are those round things in the middle?

[Try_conti]

pwah .. even got camera on the tail so that pilots can see the entire plane from outside ...

[Hamburger]

airliners pay millions for these airlopane, e least they can do is 2 make it look ex n complicated. buttons got use or no use is another all together . Recaro seats r optional thou

[Tomazsky]

[Fondue]

For the amount of money boeing and airbus charge, why can they put in a nicer looking (and maybe more comfortable) pilot seat

[Ixiz]

Too comfortable wait both the pilot fall asleep lagi worse ...

[Enzomatrix]

today go where sia lol

 

saw u drive out while i was waxing the car

[Smurfy76]

u mean the 2 round stuffs side beside the Throttles? they are the cursor control unit. act like a mouse on the displays

[Lv3338]

a with high tech equip..but chair sort of low end....

not giving comfortable chair to prevent pilot fall asleep?

[Ixiz]

Go buy 4D lor ...no strike ...sianz

[Enzomatrix]

aiya~ mine i gif up liao 1 yr 2 months also nothing besides 1 consol..

 

[Relagsingh]

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airliners pay millions for these airlopane, e least they can do is 2 make it look ex n complicated. buttons got use or no use is another all together . Recaro seats r optional thou

 

ermm... apparently, those buttons are very much necessary and not meant to make the cockpit look complicated. some are redundancies in case the primary one fails.

 

the present system layouts are already very simple. wait till you see the cockpit of a 747 classic... put a current generation pilot in it, i think he'll go also.

[Gary84]

wau~...very knowledgeable link....cheers

[Conned]

FYI, they are very comfortable seats with 16 ways adjustable settings & even a tray for me to eat my chicken rice.! welcome the addition of extra cup holders! one for beer ,one for kopi!

oops....

 

 

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For the amount of money boeing and airbus charge, why can they put in a nicer looking (and maybe more comfortable) pilot seat

Edited October 26, 2008 by Conned

[KapitanE]

btw, it is the one year anniversary of the A380 going into service with SQ. It was October 25 2007 when the first commercial flight of SQ A380 took off for Sydney....

[Yc86]

 

The old 747s had something like almost 900-1000 gauges/lights and switches?

Need an extra flight engineer to monitor everything.

 

backups and backups of backups... think it goes to 3 or 4 levels

[B777jubilee]

those round things are called Keyboard Cursor Control Unit. There is a trackball and confirm button inside.

[B777jubilee]

yup. Those 747s before the 744 are 3 man crew. lots of buttons.technological advancements removes the need for flight engineer.