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Engineering Consoles On 777's

Arsenal@LHR From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2001, 7791 posts, RR: 22
Posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 1695 times:

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An interesting piece of equipment on the 777's that i never knew existed. What is the 'Engineering console used for? And do other aircrafts have this device?

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Mr.BA From Singapore, joined Sep 2000, 3423 posts, RR: 23
Reply 1, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 1563 times:

Only the B777 have this device. It's called the maintenance panel. It's a system used to check if everything is working correctly such as GPS, radios.. etc.

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Cdfmxtech From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 1338 posts, RR: 29
Reply 2, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 1566 times:

That is what is called the MAT (Maintenance Access Terminal). Just about all maintenance tests are done from this panel. I understand that the B747-400 also has a MAT, so this is not new technology.

Arsenal@LHR From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2001, 7791 posts, RR: 22
Reply 3, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 1537 times:

OK, thanks for the replies. Really. i thought it looked like something out of the USS enterprise! Big grin

But since the 777 is a new breed of an airliner, i suppose it's no suprise. Never knew 744 had it also/

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JohnM From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 310 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 1485 times:

The good ol C-5 has a similar system. It has changed quite a bit over the years, I imagine the 777 system is MUCH improved over what the C-5 has. The C-5 has MADARS (malfunction analysis detection and recording system). Pretty much hated by all that touch the system!

Jsuen From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 211 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1461 times:

The A330/340 has the Central Maintanence System and the 320s have the Centralized Fault Display System. It works pretty much the same way, integrating fault and test access, but its accessed through the pilots' MCDUs.

Arsenal@LHR From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2001, 7791 posts, RR: 22
Reply 6, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 1420 times:

Anyone know what sort of power source it runs on, a microprocessor or a chip of some kind? The graphics on the screen look familiar.

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Victech From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 546 posts, RR: 2
Reply 7, posted (10 years 9 months 2 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1381 times:

The 777's primary computers are custom-programmed in ADA and run on Intel, AMD and Motorola microprocessors (for redundancy and attackproofing).

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