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October 6th 07, 09:35 PM
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Glass cockpit hard to read
Dean,
I just noticed something interesting, looking at pictures of recent Boeing and Airbus PFDs. For altitude, they are both pretty much the same, but for the speed tape, Airbus does not have a big number at the center of the tape but instead the number on top of the tape and just a thin line at the center. After my experience today I like the Airbus better because it is less conducive to reading the numbers rather than "get the picture": Airbus A340: http://simflight.nl/users/reviews/CL...nshots/PFD.jpg Boeing 777: http://www.meriweather.com/777/fwd/pfd.html Arno 
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October 7th 07, 01:10 AM
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Glass cockpit hard to read
On Oct 6, 2:35 pm, Arno wrote:
Dean, I just noticed something interesting, looking at pictures of recent Boeing and Airbus PFDs. For altitude, they are both pretty much the same, but for the speed tape, Airbus does not have a big number at the center of the tape but instead the number on top of the tape and just a thin line at the center. After my experience today I like the Airbus better because it is less conducive to reading the numbers rather than "get the picture": Airbus A340: http://simflight.nl/users/reviews/CL...nshots/PFD.jpg Boeing 777: http://www.meriweather.com/777/fwd/pfd.html Arno Take a look at the speed tape on the 777. The tape itself gives you the course rate of change, while the window gives you the fine resolution changes with the 1's place on the airspace as a sliding digit. The Airbus doesn't give you that.
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October 7th 07, 01:36 AM
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Glass cockpit hard to read
On Oct 6, 6:10 pm, wrote:
On Oct 6, 2:35 pm, Arno wrote: Dean, I just noticed something interesting, looking at pictures of recent Boeing and Airbus PFDs. For altitude, they are both pretty much the same, but for the speed tape, Airbus does not have a big number at the center of the tape but instead the number on top of the tape and just a thin line at the center. After my experience today I like the Airbus better because it is less conducive to reading the numbers rather than "get the picture": Airbus A340: http://simflight.nl/users/reviews/CL...nshots/PFD.jpg Boeing 777: http://www.meriweather.com/777/fwd/pfd.html Arno Take a look at the speed tape on the 777. The tape itself gives you the course rate of change, while the window gives you the fine resolution changes with the 1's place on the airspace as a sliding digit. The Airbus doesn't give you that.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Oops, typo, make that "coarse rate of change"
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