Simplify, consolodate, modernize a dated panel.

[Mooneymite]

Please take a look at this present panel:

 

http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/media/062/B-36J%20Engineer.html

 

I think you'll agree, it is a little dated.  I really love all the parameters that are monitored, but I can hardly see out the windows!

 

I'm thinking Dynan might have "just what I need".

 

Any suggestions?

 

 

[kmyfm20s]

It funny when I first started flying I was always impressed with how many guages people had in their planes, now I get impressed with how few they have.

[John Pleisse]

Is the flight engineer cert still attainable?

[Seth]

That is a very cool 360 cockpit.  No way that's single pilot friendly.

 

B-36 had 6 props and 4 jets.  Note in the cockpit, the Captain and 1st officer/copilot both have access to the 6 prop engines.  However, the jet engines are above only the Captain's head.  Kind of makes it hard if he became incapacitated.  The Co Pilot, or one of the flight engineers would have to operate the jets.

 

That beings said, the jets were mainly used for takeoff and climb.  They did allow for fast cruise but would burn through fuel.  Many of the day long or day+ long missions were accomplished with the six piston engines.

 

-Seth

[ryoder]

Just wait. In a while the old analog gagues will be retro and super expensive. All the really cool airplanes will have analog.

[Hondo]

Trivia...  Ever wonder why the B36 was built?

 

It was built to carry the Mark-17, an 11 megaton hydrogen bomb, which was 25' long, 5' in diameter and weighed 41,000 pounds.

The B36 was the only airplane that could carry it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_17_nuclear_bomb

[FAST FLIGHT OPTIONS LLC]

Does anyone know What kind of harware/software u need to take a picture like that which allows you to rotate it

[schule]

I am thankful future generations will have a chance to get some hands on history lessons in aviation. Steam gauges are great if the operator knows how to keep from falling a sleep looking into monotony. Therefore HAL 9000 will save us from our bad habits.

[tony]

very cool picture, thank you for sharing.

[Cabanaboy]

Here's a link to the museum and map

 

http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/full/tour-std.html

[ryoder]

I am thankful future generations will have a chance to get some hands on history lessons in aviation. Steam gauges are great if the operator knows how to keep from falling a sleep looking into monotony. Therefore HAL 9000 will save us from our bad habits.

I was thinking of a way around this with commodity tech. The idea was to have a smartphone or tablet in recording mode watching the steam gagues and pulling in all the data. Then the software could present another display on another tablet in front of the pilot a nice digital display. The software could also have alerting based on gagues going into the yellow or red.

I googled a bit and found a guy put in a patent for it.

[sleepingsquirrel]

Just how many engines does your Mooney have?

[tony]

Is this the museum at wright pat? 

 

Here's a link to the museum and map

 

http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/full/tour-std.html

[carusoam]

I get a failure message on that link...

Best regards,

-a-