fatmal Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Airbus has lodged a patent for the windowless cockpit, using synthetic vision to provide the view forward - and down. I think it would be quite unnerving to essentially be 'floating in air' with no apparent structure around you. Probably not as unnerving as for the passengers walking up to it though!!! Full story at http://www.gizmag.com/windowless-cockpit-airbus/32816/ Mal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guernsey Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 It would certainly eliminate blind spots caused by window frames etc. It would be like flying a Drifter. Alan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeptic36 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 It would be like flying a Drifter. Alan. Just need a fan in there as well 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayavner Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 hell no. ten characters is that enough?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDQDI Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Just need a fan in there as well That would make an awesome prank one industrial fan pointed at the cabin door and ask one lucky passenger up for a look and scream as he comes through the door... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgwilson Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 It would be great except that if all power was lost to all the cameras, sensors, radar, etc at the same time & the pilot was left looking at a blank screen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 ...in case of emergency break glass? Maybe a tear-out panel like an oversized tinnie rip-top? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 A fan in the cockpit? That could be your co-pilot.. Nev 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinsm Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Good if there was a power failure, at least you wouldn't see what was coming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 You can't see anything coming when you are IFR either.. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 It's actually got tremendous potential. Once you got used to it you wouldn't want the normal (limited) visual with glare into the sun and small windows etc. Information like what is done with HUD would be incorporated. It would literally turn night into day. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Why stop there. The flight deck takes up valuable space that could be used for a few extra rows of business class. Who needs overpaid pilots? The airlines could get the job done by a young screen jockey in a nice little office in some low-cost country. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 PASS... Your not as worried about safety when you are remote. You could be hijacked by hacking. Like give the engineer the extra seat for a check flight. If he's quick to take up the offer, you have more faith in his work. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winsor68 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Personally...I think the usual objections I hear about people not trusting electronics so it will never be accepted..are rather out of touch...I reckon these youngsters we are seeing born today wont blink an eye at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winsor68 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Automation will revolutionize safety. Fact. Computers don't make mistakes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Probably not as unnerving as for the passengers walking up to it though!!! Paints some black windows on the front and 90% of the punters would never notice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultralights Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Automation will revolutionize safety. Fact. Computers don't make mistakes. no, but the people that code them do... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexrbetter Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Two men dressed in pilots' uniforms walk up the aisle of the aircraft. Both are wearing dark glasses, one is using a guide dog, and the other is tapping his way along the aisle with a cane. Nervous laughter spreads through the cabin, but the men enter the cockpit the door closes, and the engines start up. The passengers begin glancing nervously around, searching for some kind of a sign that this is just a little practical joke. None is forthcoming. The plane moves faster and faster down the runway, and the people sitting in the window seats realize they're headed straight for the water at the edge of the airport property. Just as it begins to look as though the plane will plow straight into the water, panicked screams fill the cabin. At that moment, the plane lifts smoothly into the air. The passengers relax and laugh a little sheepishly, and soon all retreat into their magazines and books, secure in the knowledge that the plane is in good hands. Meanwhile, in the cockpit, one of the blind pilots turns to the other and says, 'You know, Bob, one of these days, they're gonna scream too late and we're all gonna die' !! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 It would certainly eliminate blind spots caused by window frames etc.It would be like flying a Drifter. Alan. The Top Owl system developed for the F35, is supposed to do that. It's supposed to use cameras on the aircraft to provide a full 360 degree view, day or night, projected directly onto a helmet mounted display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Does it have the "Automatic NO FEAR darkening" feature? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M61A1 Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Does it have the "Automatic NO FEAR darkening" feature? I would guess not....fighter pilots are supposed to be of a different mindset, where instead of thinking "I'm outnumbered", they think, "great, a target rich environment". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdarby Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Spill your cup of coffee on it, crackle, zap, and you better hope there is some real glass to look out of! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 The flight crew could sit in the bowels of the aeroplane and the pointy end could become truly pointy. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zibi Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Spill your cup of coffee on it, crackle, zap, and you better hope there is some real glass to look out of! You could always get something like Virtual Reality goggles like Rift (http://www.oculusvr.com/) as a backup to the big screen. Plus if you start spilling coffee on instruments in normal airliner, you're not going to get very far anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly_tornado Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Windowless cockpit in a Jabiru = Bad idea "user maintenance issues?!?#?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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