A380 Cockpit

[drewpey]

Here's a cool link of a panoramic view of the cockpit. Thought someone here might enjoy taking a look.

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

There is a camera mounted on the tail? Kinda neat...

[HuggyU2]

It's not so much the camera on the tail that most pilots will not like, but the camera in the cockpit. Is it a replacement of the CVR?

Look above the center jumpseat, and you'll see it.

[JarheadBoom]

Here's a cool link of a panoramic view of the cockpit. Thought someone here might enjoy taking a look.

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

There is a camera mounted on the tail? Kinda neat...

Cool link.

Interesting that both seats have NWS tillers.

IIRC, Airbus uses the same cockpit layout on all their models (other than the A300).

Also, I think the A340 has the tailcam as well. The display has boxes to signify where the gear is, and IIRC it'll project lines to show where the gear will track based on NWS displacement. Handy feature for jockeying an A340-600 through tight taxiways, I suppose.

I saw the A380 depart Dubai Int'l after the airshow last year. Shut down departures for 5 minutes while the dust cloud settled from the outboards. You can see the beginnings of it here:

Edited January 29, 2008 by JarheadBoom

[Techsan]

Thanks for the cool link

[Guest Robes]

Nah, maybe the flight deck camera is so that we no longer have to watch the crappy CRM videos... now we can see the actual footage of the FE talking about which hotdog stand to eat. Or perhaps going back to the French video a few months ago, it is for the manufacturing of Porn.

[Guest regularjoe]

Is the third(center) seat a dedicated FE seat or is the standard crew two pilots?

[HuggyU2]

Is the third(center) seat a dedicated FE seat or is the standard crew two pilots?

I would guess the days of the FE in a newly designed airliner are gone. Long gone.

[Guest HercengTN]

I don't think it has an FE.

[edit] Specifications

Size comparison between four of the largest aircraft. Airbus A380 (red), Boeing 747-8I (blue), Antonov An-225 (green) and Hughes H-4 (yellow). Click to enlarge.

Economy class fuselage-comparison between Airbus A380 and the front-section of Boeing 747, the next-largest passenger aircraftMeasurement A380-800 A380-800F

Cockpit crew Two

Seating capacity 525 (3-class)[4]

644 (2-class)

853 (1-class) 12 couriers

Length 73 m (239 ft 6 in)

Span 79.8 m (261 ft 10 in)

Height 24.1 m (79 ft 1 in)

Wheelbase 30.4 m (99 ft 8 in)

Outside fuselage width 7.14 m (23 ft 6 in)

Cabin width, main deck 6.60 m (21 ft 8 in)

Cabin width, upper deck 5.94 m (19 ft 6 in)

Wing area 845 m² (9,100 sq ft)

Operating empty weight 276,800 kg (610,200 lb) 252,200 kg (556,000 lb)

Maximum take-off weight 560,000 kg

(1,235,000 lb) 590,000 kg (1,300,000 lb)

Maximum payload 90,800 kg

(200,000 lb) 152,400 kg (336,000 lb)

Cruising speed Mach 0.85

Maximum cruising speed Mach 0.89

Maximum speed Mach 0.96[86]

Take off run at MTOW 2,750 m (9,020 ft)[76] 2,900 m (9,510 ft)[76]

Range at design load 17,040 km (9,200 nmi) 10,400 km (5,600 nmi)

Service ceiling 13,115 m (43,000 ft)

Maximum fuel capacity 310,000 L (81,890 US gal) 310,000 L (81,890 US gal),

356,000 L (94,000 US gal) option

Engines (4 x) GP7270 (A380-861)

Trent 970/B (A380-841)

Trent 972/B (A380-842) GP7277 (A380-863F)

Trent 977/B (A380-843F)

[Murph]

It's not so much the camera on the tail that most pilots will not like, but the camera in the cockpit.

So much for fooling around with stewardesses.

Edited January 30, 2008 by Murph

[Guest regularjoe]

So much for fooling around with stewardesses.

Page 1 EP -

1. Locate cockpit camera circuit breaker on panel 4

2. Pull cockpit camera circuit breaker

3. Unlock cockpit door

4. Invite stewardess into cockpit

5. Lock door

6. Party time !!!

[sputnik]

Page 1 EP -

1. Locate cockpit camera circuit breaker on panel 4

2. Pull cockpit camera circuit breaker

3. Unlock cockpit door

4. Invite stewardess into cockpit

5. Lock door

6. Party time !!!

You forgot step 1/2. Find a stewardess less than 60 (age and/or dress size)

On that line, what are the large breast shaped things on the pedestal?

[Guest xtndr50boom]

On that line, what are the large breast shaped things on the pedestal?

Wristrests. To support your wrist/arm when fat-fingering the CDU (or possibly a F/A)

[HuggyU2]

Alternate idea: simply use the camera, instead of a hook, for hanging your hat.

[ellsworb]

Wristrests. To support your wrist/arm when fat-fingering the CDU (or possibly a F/A)

Close, but i think there's actually a trackball on the forward part of what I like to call the "teet" of the A380. It has a point and click system for selecting some of the main pages.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A380