Comment on Aeroplane

balsoft@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Wren@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  How could they forget the foot pedals? That’s a whole axis and objectively the most fun controls on the plane.

  adding:

  • All the buttons behind you are circuit breakers.

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  • balsoft@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, the foot pedals and IAS indicator are glaring omissions. I guess they really just want you to fly with autopilot and autothrust, but good fucking luck setting up autoland without prior experience.

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    • Wren@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Set the autopilot, make yourself a coffee while your skim the manual, successful landing.

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      • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • Venator@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      they should add a big red emergency button behind the pilot seat that allows air traffic control to set it remotely

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• mkwt@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Some more practical tips.

  • if the autopilot is engaged, you can’t physically move the wheels, because it is moving them for you. Press the red button on the steering wheel to disconnect autopilot.
  • That IAS tape on the left of the sky/ground box is the most important thing on the plane. It’s got red bands on the high side and low side that you should stay out of.
  • if the plane tells you there’s a “stall, stall” you need to push the wheels forward to make the nose go down. And keep the speed above that lower red band.
  • the black button on the wheel is the push-to-talk to talk on the radio, or maybe the internal PA system. Depends how it’s set up.
  • most important: the switch for the “fasten seatbelt” sign is usually on the bottom of the top panel. You can flip it on and off as much as you want. (Older planes will also let you do this with the “no smoking” sign).

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  • balsoft@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    if the autopilot is engaged, you can’t physically move the wheels, because it is moving them for you.

    I’m pretty sure on newer 737s the autopilot disconnects when it detects a sufficient physical force on the yoke. But yeah the button is easier and safer.

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    • mkwt@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m pretty sure on newer 737s the autopilot disconnects when it detects a sufficient physical force on the yoke.

      On airplanes that don’t do this, the autopilot servos are clutched so that you can still override them by applying a specified amount of force. There are reinforced points on the bottom of the dash panel that you can use with your foot to get leverage to help with this.

      (This also applies as a backup on planes that do disconnect)

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  • Wren@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How tempting is it to push all the buttons all the time?

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• kungen@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  (after you land)

  Bold of you to assume we’re landing this in a controlled fashion.

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  • balsoft@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s more as a reminder to NOT engage reverse thrust while in the air.

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• HK65@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  (at foot pedals) “Push both to brake (after you land), push one or the other to turn”

  Doesn’t the 737 have toe brakes?

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  • whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    you have to remove your shoes for those?

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    • Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The more toes you push down, the more slowly it goes.

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    • HK65@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      In case it’s not just a joke, basically if you press the entire pedal, that’s rudder, and if you push with your toes and “rotate” the pedal forwards, that’s the wheel brake. If you apply the wheel brake, your ankle stays in the same spot, but your foot tilts forward.

      At least that’s how it is in most planes, I’ve never flown a 737, only small ones and an A321 simulator.

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      • whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It was both a joke and a need for explanation, thanks 🙂

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