bmi-star asked for some pictures of the ERJ cockpit with a concentration on the different system pages on our MFD’s. Well, I haven’t had an opportunity to complete that task yet but I do have some odds and ends from the last week.
These are all from a 145XR so there are some small differences with what you may see in a FS cockpit. On the EICAS you’ll see fuel quanity for the ventral fuel tank (which shows 0 in this picture). On the overhead panel there is an additional fuel pump selector knob for the ventral tank as well as a push button for alternating the fuel pump.
Our later 145LR’s and all the XR’s have the ISIS rather than the traditional standby instruments. I included a picture of that shows the ISIS and RMU in the Navigation mode (rather than the normal radio head mode). This is what you fly by in a loss of all generators situation.
By: Future Pilot - 22nd March 2005 at 17:13
Great pics there! 🙂
By: Future Pilot - 22nd March 2005 at 17:13
Great pics there! 🙂
By: bmi-star - 22nd March 2005 at 17:06
Thats the sort of things i wanted to see!
Much appreciated WD!!
By: bmi-star - 22nd March 2005 at 17:06
Thats the sort of things i wanted to see!
Much appreciated WD!!
By: Mark L - 22nd March 2005 at 16:52
Superb pics, really like the ERJ, luckily I got a chance to get in the cockpit of a BA one and chat with the crew at BHX a few years back 🙂
By: Mark L - 22nd March 2005 at 16:52
Superb pics, really like the ERJ, luckily I got a chance to get in the cockpit of a BA one and chat with the crew at BHX a few years back 🙂
By: Whiskey Delta - 22nd March 2005 at 16:50
I’m wondering why the TCAS display is seperate from the main compass arc on the Navigation display, when on most aircraft it is superimposed directly on it…?
Beats me. It would be sooooo much nicer to have it integrated with the Nav. display rather than the seperate screen. The screen blocks access to the system pages below which can be annoying at times. Now with more airports requesting that we taxi with the transponder on the system is more likely to indicate TA’s (yellow targets) which locks the TCAS screen on top preventing any access to the system pages for both the CA and FO. This leads pilots to turn off the AUTO mode in order to check the systems before takeoff. Not the best system.
By: Whiskey Delta - 22nd March 2005 at 16:50
I’m wondering why the TCAS display is seperate from the main compass arc on the Navigation display, when on most aircraft it is superimposed directly on it…?
Beats me. It would be sooooo much nicer to have it integrated with the Nav. display rather than the seperate screen. The screen blocks access to the system pages below which can be annoying at times. Now with more airports requesting that we taxi with the transponder on the system is more likely to indicate TA’s (yellow targets) which locks the TCAS screen on top preventing any access to the system pages for both the CA and FO. This leads pilots to turn off the AUTO mode in order to check the systems before takeoff. Not the best system.
By: DashQ - 22nd March 2005 at 16:36
Good pictures. I’m watching a DVD about the ERJ 135 right now and it looks like a good aircraft. The pilots narrate everything they are doing/why they are doing it and also explain the flight deck instrements and the SIDs and STARs.
I’m wondering why the TCAS display is seperate from the main compass arc on the Navigation display, when on most aircraft it is superimposed directly on it…?
By: DashQ - 22nd March 2005 at 16:36
Good pictures. I’m watching a DVD about the ERJ 135 right now and it looks like a good aircraft. The pilots narrate everything they are doing/why they are doing it and also explain the flight deck instrements and the SIDs and STARs.
I’m wondering why the TCAS display is seperate from the main compass arc on the Navigation display, when on most aircraft it is superimposed directly on it…?
By: Whiskey Delta - 22nd March 2005 at 16:23
I also forgot to add that to the right of the gear handle are 2 warning lights that are for the Clear Ice detection system. The XR’s have detectors on the upper surface of the wing to detect ice formation while sitting on the ground. This isn’t meant to detect ice accumulation due to precepitation but ice that will for due to the aircraft being cold soaked after a long flight at altitude and landing in warmer/moist air. This is a problem for the MD-80’s and they have to manually inspect their wings after/before each flight.
By: Whiskey Delta - 22nd March 2005 at 16:23
I also forgot to add that to the right of the gear handle are 2 warning lights that are for the Clear Ice detection system. The XR’s have detectors on the upper surface of the wing to detect ice formation while sitting on the ground. This isn’t meant to detect ice accumulation due to precepitation but ice that will for due to the aircraft being cold soaked after a long flight at altitude and landing in warmer/moist air. This is a problem for the MD-80’s and they have to manually inspect their wings after/before each flight.
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