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 13 hours ago
Few additions:
How could they forget the foot pedals? That’s a whole axis and objectively the most fun controls on the plane.
adding:
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.
they should add a big red emergency button behind the pilot seat that allows air traffic control to set it remotely
Set the autopilot, make yourself a coffee while your skim the manual, successful landing.
(after you land)
Bold of you to assume we’re landing this in a controlled fashion.
It’s more as a reminder to NOT engage reverse thrust while in the air.
(at foot pedals) “Push both to brake (after you land), push one or the other to turn”
Doesn’t the 737 have toe brakes?
you have to remove your shoes for those?
The more toes you push down, the more slowly it goes.
mkwt@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Some more practical tips.
balsoft@lemmy.ml 2 hours ago
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.
mkwt@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
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)
Wren@lemmy.today 3 hours ago
How tempting is it to push all the buttons all the time?