Just for fun, where was I / guess the cockpit

[Dbag101]

A starter for 10

Edited by Dbag101 on Friday 8th November 23:00

[essayer]

Interesting.. military, single seater, 70s-90s era cockpit.. not Russian.. not any of the usual ones I can think of

[aeropilot]

Dbag101 said:

A starter for 10

Edited by Dbag101 on Friday 8th November 23:00

Well, that's a RAF Type C hanger in the background.

[Dbag101]

essayer said:

Interesting.. military, single seater, 70s-90s era cockpit.. not Russian.. not any of the usual ones I can think of

Yep. It had a unique ability. That may have given the game away.

[Dbag101]

aeropilot said:

Well, that's a RAF Type C hanger in the background.

Yep, a clue ( it wasn’t a big fan of Tarmac )

[essayer]

Ahh, I know what it is

[Jimbo.]

(Sea) Harrier?

[aeropilot]

Sea Harrier ZH798 that's been restored to a ground runner at Church Fenton.

Edited by aeropilot on Friday 8th November 23:34

[Dbag101]

Yep.



This one could be more of a test.

I reckon there’s a bonus if you get the location as well

[eharding]

Dbag101 said:

Yep.



This one could be more of a test.

I reckon there’s a bonus if you get the location as well

T67 over Thorney Island. G-BWX (A/B/S) ?

Edited by eharding on Saturday 9th November 10:22

[Dbag101]

eharding said:

T67 over Thorney Island.

Errm yes, I thought that one may have been more of a test, oh well . That picture is actually a still from a go pro type video, during a neg G dive ( lunch loser ). Even got the reg right

Edited by Dbag101 on Saturday 9th November 10:28

[Dbag101]

Mmmkay.

This?

[IanH755]

Its a Mirage 3E cockpit.

I like these challenges!

PS Top one, Harrier GR7 or GR9 - I can't remember any difference in the cockpit layout between them from when I worked on them.

Edited by IanH755 on Saturday 9th November 10:59

[Geneve]

Not familiar with the Harrier- close-up, but fascinating aircraft from its era, when we were still global innovators in jet aviation.

Presumably the give away is the yoke control co-functioning as a cyclic, but instead of a swash plate adjusting the pitch on the rotor blades, a similar device must be coordinating the vectoring of the engine thrust?

Bet that was a tricky development process.

[IanH755]

Geneve said:

Not familiar with the Harrier- close-up, but fascinating aircraft from its era, when we were still global innovators in jet aviation.

Presumably the give away is the yoke control co-functioning as a cyclic, but instead of a swash plate adjusting the pitch on the rotor blades, a similar device must be coordinating the vectoring of the engine thrust?

Bet that was a tricky development process.

It was much simpler - The control column controlled both the aerodynamic flight control surfaces and and, at the same time, a series of small reaction ducts in the nose, tail & wingtips which pushed bleed air from the engine out in a varying amount (dependent on control inputs), causing an equal/opposite reaction.

There was a seperate flight control for the engine nozzles, a small lever just inboard of the throttle to move the nozzles from full aft for CTOL all the way down to 90° for STOVL and then slightly forward to 97° if needed.

That kept everything fairly independent for attitude control and engine control between CTOL and STOVL controls.

On the other hand the UK's F-35B does something almost magical in the way blends the CTOL and STOVL controls in the cockpit, actually swapping the functions of the throttle and control column depending on which mode the aircraft is currently in, with an amazing blend between the two so the pilot doesn't "feel" any difference, despite the same controls doing something completely different between CTOL and STOVL.

Edited by IanH755 on Saturday 9th November 17:06

[Dbag101]

This one isn’t as easy as it looks.

[Countdown]

A340? dammit maybe A380?

Edited by Countdown on Saturday 9th November 17:23

[ecsrobin]

Dbag101 said:

Errm yes, I thought that one may have been more of a test, oh well . That picture is actually a still from a go pro type video, during a neg G dive ( lunch loser ). Even got the reg right

Edited by Dbag101 on Saturday 9th November 10:28

Why scribble out ultimate high?

[essayer]

Mildly concerned nobody is flying it

[Dbag101]

ecsrobin said:

Why scribble out ultimate high?

Overt advertising isn’t allowed on these here forums ( I think ). You’re right, but rules are rules I believe. I am a big fan, but I don’t work for them.