Back to Squawk list
  • 39

The Boeing 717 "Dial-A-Flap" system

제출됨
 
In almost all commercial airliners, the flap settings are usually predetermined by the aircraft manufacture and are limited to the detents on the flap lever. On the Boeing 717 however, an added feature allows the pilot to select any degree between 0-20 to optimize take off performance with the use of the flap selector take off thumbwheel (www.youtube.com) 기타...

Sort type: [Top] [Newest]


n7777r
I love the 717.
n914wa
McDonnell Douglas did some cool things
1575727
The MD-80 has a 'dial-a-flap' system also. Works well!
njsullyalex
Yup, the 717's system was directly derived from the MD-80's!
n101wb
Didn’t the DC-10 have this feature too?
spatr
spatr 1
The MD11 has it too
boughbw
boughbw 2
It's too bad Boeing ended that 717 line. Had they pursued a composite 717, Bombardier would have punted from building planes long before they created the C-Series.
tcnine
tcnine -7
I can’t believe nobody’s asked the question - “What’s with the gloves”? In over 30 years of piloting civilian aircraft I’ve never seen anybody flying with gloves. Is this a Covid thing? Lol
mtrainer
Mike T 12
Because tech ops often wears gloves due to the nature of our work having to touch oil, greasy, hydraulic covered parts and you forget you even have them on most of the time. I can't believe someone with over 30 years of flying hasn't ever realized that people besides pilots have job duties in the cockpit...

[This comment has been downvoted. Show anyway.]

mtrainer
Mike T 7
It's not an assumption as the person filming, moving the thumbwheel, narrating and making the video is the same person and a mechanic. Also, no where in my comment did I say the gloves being worn were greasy, just that we wear them while in and out of planes.
porterjet
I've flown with a few ex-military pilots who could not give up wearing gloves in civilian airplanes.

로그인

계정을 가지고 계십니까? 사용자 정의된 기능, 비행 경보 및 더 많은 정보를 위해 지금(무료) 등록하세요!
FlightAware 항공편 추적이 광고로 지원된다는 것을 알고 계셨습니까?
FlightAware.com의 광고를 허용하면 FlightAware를 무료로 유지할 수 있습니다. Flightaware에서는 훌륭한 경험을 제공할 수 있도록 관련성있고 방해되지 않는 광고를 유지하기 위해 열심히 노력하고 있습니다. FlightAware에서 간단히 광고를 허용 하거나 프리미엄 계정을 고려해 보십시오..
종료