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What cockpits are these? Analog dial cockpits have been standard since WW2 if not before, and consist of: - Attitude indicator (no needle, horizontal when stra
by dTal 6y ago
What cockpits are these? Analog dial cockpits have been standard since WW2 if not before, and consist of:
- Attitude indicator (no needle, horizontal when straight and level)
- Altitude indicator (vertical at 0 feet)
- Airspeed indicator (vertical at 0 knots)
- Turn and slip indicator (horizontal when straight and level)
- Directional Gyro (always vertical, numbers on rim rotate)
- Vertical Speed indicator (horizontal when neither climbing or descending)
I struggle to come up with a single instrument in which vertical is a desirable direction to indicate, during flight.
- heelix 6y agoOil temp and vacuum for me. Only 1950's, so not quite WW2 vintage. :P
- GauntletWizard 6y agoOil pressure. Engine temperature. Pump operating speed. All of the things which used to be the domain of the flight engineer but have since been phased out by automation.
- OnlyOneCannolo 6y agoNone of those things have a fixed nominal value. They're not health indicators.