Common instruments on small aircraft

Ron Wanttaja writes:

Take a look, then, at a photo of the panel of *my* airplane:

http://www.wanttaja.com/hhrad2.JPG

Be afraid. Be very afraid. :-)

Where are the cabin pressure controls and the FMCs?

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On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:06:24 +0200, Mxsmanic wrote:

Ron Wanttaja writes:

Take a look, then, at a photo of the panel of *my* airplane:

http://www.wanttaja.com/hhrad2.JPG

Be afraid. Be very afraid. :-)

Where are the cabin pressure controls and the FMCs?

They fall away with the SRBs.

http://www.bowersflybaby.com/stories/leoraker.JPG

Ron Wanttaja

"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message
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Take a look, then, at a photo of the panel of *my* airplane:

Awh, 'ell, that's quite a bit more than my previous aircraft (a
gyrocopter)... Its airspeed indicator was a disc in a plastic tube that rose
up with increased air speed -- similar to this
(http://www.hallwindmeter.com/images/short_bracket.jpg)... No altimeter...
I'm thinking that there *might* have been some sort of engine temperature
gauge, but I'm not sure... There might have been some sort of very small
tachometer, but it was small enough to not be really useful... Come to think
of it, I'm not even sure it had a compass... Most flights were done at 500
ft or less, so you follow roads, rivers, or anything else that might be
interesting... grin

In our 1966 Cherokee 180:
No autopilot.
No radar altimeter.
No HSI
Two navcoms
One ADF
One Transponder
No panel GPS - use a handheld.
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Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.


Mxsmanic wrote:
Are small GA aircraft often equipped with things like autopilots, GPS
units, and EHSI displays? What about a radar altimeter? The Baron I
fly in simulation is equipped with these (as is the A36), but fancy
instruments are free in simulation, so I'm wondering how likely one is
to have them in real life.

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Mxsmanic schrieb:

Are small GA aircraft often equipped with things like autopilots,
....
The Baron I fly in simulation is equipped with these

Must be real fun to fly MSFS on autopilot...

Stefan

Stefan wrote in news:aba8b$453a578c$54497ec8$24035
@news.hispeed.ch:

Mxsmanic schrieb:

Are small GA aircraft often equipped with things like autopilots,
...
The Baron I fly in simulation is equipped with these

Must be real fun to fly MSFS on autopilot...

Stefan


Only when in 16x mode

Judah wrote in
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Stefan wrote in
news:aba8b$453a578c$54497ec8$24035 @news.hispeed.ch:

Mxsmanic schrieb:

Are small GA aircraft often equipped with things like autopilots,
...
The Baron I fly in simulation is equipped with these

Must be real fun to fly MSFS on autopilot...

Stefan


Only when in 16x mode


Oh, and Manic, so you don't have to ask... No, the GA Aircraft that I fly
do not have a 16x mode button which causes time to travel at 16x normal. I
heard that NASA and the Military had worked on one in the early 70s, but
the results were just too upsetting to tolerate because they had limited
control of the speed at which time travelled. All three times that they
tried it, the Pilots of that craft found themselves on a planet that was
controlled by talking Apes.

"Damn them!!! Damn them all to hell!!!"

"Judah" wrote

Oh, and Manic, so you don't have to ask... No, the GA Aircraft that I fly
do not have a 16x mode button which causes time to travel at 16x normal. I
heard that NASA and the Military had worked on one in the early 70s, but
the results were just too upsetting to tolerate because they had limited
control of the speed at which time travelled. All three times that they
tried it, the Pilots of that craft found themselves on a planet that was
controlled by talking Apes.

"Damn them!!! Damn them all to hell!!!"

LOL! Perfect. You anticipated the next question, and saved an extra post!

Sad, but true.

Still, there are those among us who say he is asking good questions, and to not
discourage him. Hmmmm.
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"Morgans" wrote in
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"Judah" wrote

Oh, and Manic, so you don't have to ask... No, the GA Aircraft that I
fly do not have a 16x mode button which causes time to travel at 16x
normal. I heard that NASA and the Military had worked on one in the
early 70s, but the results were just too upsetting to tolerate because
they had limited control of the speed at which time travelled. All
three times that they tried it, the Pilots of that craft found
themselves on a planet that was controlled by talking Apes.

"Damn them!!! Damn them all to hell!!!"

LOL! Perfect. You anticipated the next question, and saved an extra
post!

Sad, but true.

Still, there are those among us who say he is asking good questions, and
to not discourage him. Hmmmm.

A small number of his questions might actually allow someone to learn from
others' experience.

Typically, though, he is just looking for validation of his simulator
experience, or his decision to avoid actual flight, and that's when I start
to get annoyed.

Stefan writes:

Must be real fun to fly MSFS on autopilot...

I enjoy it, especially in large aircraft, and autopilot is a great
advantage on long trips.

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