Thursday, July 23, 2009

The Machine



The cockpit. No control steering, replace by joysticks, can be seen in this picture at the extreme left and right. Only one pilot can have control at a time and when not in used,during autopilot operation the control sticks are locked by solenoid. In front of the pilots seat is a table each which are stowed in this picture. The engines control situated at the central pedestral so that any pilot can handle the levers easily.






The powerful engines , 56000 lbs of thrust each.







The engines controls. The levers numbered 1,2,3 and 4 are for the respective engine. Basically pilots need to position the levers into Idle, Take Off or Climb detent and after that the Auto Thrust will do the work,adjusting the engines power to the required speed.



















The Engines Instruments.

All the reading can be seen there, and all controlled automatically.

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