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[–] 76 points 10 months ago* (22 children)

Few additions:

  • "reverse thrust" → "slow down (after you land)"
  • (at foot pedals) "Push both to brake (after you land), push one or the other to turn"
  • "go fast" → "go fast (keep levers together)"
  • "keep it above the ground" → "keep it above the ground, but not too high"
  • (at IAS indiciator) "how fast you're going", "keep between 170 and 400, lower to 140 when landing"
  • "make wings bigger" → "make wings bigger, required when taking off or landing"
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  • [–] 39 points 10 months ago (10 children)

    How could they forget the foot pedals? That's a whole axis and objectively the most fun controls on the plane.

    adding:

    • All the buttons behind you are circuit breakers.
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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago (9 children)

    Yeah, the foot pedals and IAS indicator are glaring omissions. I guess they really just want you to fly with autopilot and autothrust, but good fucking luck setting up autoland without prior experience.

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  • [–] 18 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Some more practical tips.

    • if the autopilot is engaged, you can't physically move the wheels, because it is moving them for you. Press the red button on the steering wheel to disconnect autopilot.
    • That IAS tape on the left of the sky/ground box is the most important thing on the plane. It's got red bands on the high side and low side that you should stay out of.
    • if the plane tells you there's a "stall, stall" you need to push the wheels forward to make the nose go down. And keep the speed above that lower red band.
    • the black button on the wheel is the push-to-talk to talk on the radio, or maybe the internal PA system. Depends how it's set up.
    • most important: the switch for the "fasten seatbelt" sign is usually on the bottom of the top panel. You can flip it on and off as much as you want. (Older planes will also let you do this with the "no smoking" sign).
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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    if the autopilot is engaged, you can’t physically move the wheels, because it is moving them for you.

    I'm pretty sure on newer 737s the autopilot disconnects when it detects a sufficient physical force on the yoke. But yeah the button is easier and safer.

    most important: the switch for the “fasten seatbelt” sign is usually on the bottom of the top panel. You can flip it on and off as much as you want. (Older planes will also let you do this with the “no smoking” sign).

    Gee, how the hell did everyone miss this? The most important control element.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    (at foot pedals) “Push both to brake (after you land), push one or the other to turn”

    Doesn't the 737 have toe brakes?

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  • [–] 45 points 10 months ago (9 children)

    "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your stewardess speaking... We regret any inconvenience the sudden cabin movement might have caused, this is due to periodic air pockets we encountered, there's no reason to become alarmed, and we hope you enjoy the rest of your flight... By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?"

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  • [–] 43 points 10 months ago (4 children)
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    [–] 30 points 10 months ago

    All I need is “Danger Zone” playing and some aviator sunglasses.

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  • [–] 28 points 10 months ago

    Used to do code for those sims. Funny things is, you can ignore like 90% of the stuff in there in there cuz most of it has an auto setting.

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    Me flipping on reverse thrust and parking brake before touching the ground in FSX because I'm like 100 kts above the landing speed

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    This is the detalization I need when I meet some new machinery which I understand the working principles and already worked with something similar.

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    If it has autopilot and autobrakes, surely all those other buttons aren't needed?

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Pff.

    Just caption an Airbus. Assuming you're in flight, you just need the buttons to engage cat III auto landing, make wings bigger, make wheels stick out, and brakes after you land.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

    Hopefully just activate ILS. There's no way you wouldn't be diverted to an airport that doesn't require a Cat III landing, even a IIIA is stupid dangerous for a trained crew. iirc you only have a 1-2 second correction window for any Cat III landing where the ILS cuts out, compared to something like 8-10 for a Cat I (which is plenty of time for an amateur that's been coached on the procedure to do a missed landing then give it back to the autopilot, that's super easy). Plus the number of airports that can even do just a Cat II at least used to be pretty low (150 in the US?), and Cat III rated airports are even fewer (I dont think there's double digits that can do a IIIB, and afaik there's still none in the world rated for IIIC...)

    (edit: came off more aggro than I meant, changed wording so I sound like less of a dick!)

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I like pleasure spiked with pain so yeah

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    [–] 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Instructions unclear, I've pulled and turned the red thingies with "1" and "2" and "APU" written on them, now it says "Airspeed low" and the the steering wheel is shaking. What do I do now, please send instructions urgently.

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    [–] 7 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    Keep plane in sky, above the ground (unless you meant to), check!✈️

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    Super important to know where the radio is, cause I'm gonna want to listen to some nice chill songs while I soar through the air towards certain death cause I don't know how to fly a plane but the guy behind me kept kicking my chair so I yelled "If you don't stop kicking my chair, I swear to god, I am turning this plane around!" and he didn't stop so I had to do it to save face.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    Saving this. Might come in handy some day.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I know how to drive sick. I got this. /s

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