C-5 and P-3 Throttle Quadrant Layout
11-23-2009, 10:22 AM
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C-5 and P-3 Throttle Quadrant Layout
Why do the C-5, P-3 and C-141 have a dual throttle quadrant layout? What was special about the C-130 that it did not have that same configuration?
I looked a photo of the C-141 cockpit and looked like the throttle lever positions were not symmetric...so not mechanically linked. Did this ever cause and issue? Were they designed so that only one set of throttles was engaged at any given time?
I looked a photo of the C-141 cockpit and looked like the throttle lever positions were not symmetric...so not mechanically linked. Did this ever cause and issue? Were they designed so that only one set of throttles was engaged at any given time?
11-23-2009, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by DILLA
Why do the C-5, P-3 and C-141 have a dual throttle quadrant layout? What was special about the C-130 that it did not have that same configuration?
I looked a photo of the C-141 cockpit and looked like the throttle lever positions were not symmetric...so not mechanically linked. Did this ever cause and issue? Were they designed so that only one set of throttles was engaged at any given time?
I looked a photo of the C-141 cockpit and looked like the throttle lever positions were not symmetric...so not mechanically linked. Did this ever cause and issue? Were they designed so that only one set of throttles was engaged at any given time?
I can't speak for the other airplanes.
11-23-2009, 03:55 PM
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Another set of throttles
Some of the large recip aircraft had a separate set of throttles and mixture controls at the flight engineer's station. Here's the B-29 panel:
Flight Engineer's Position
Flight Engineer's Position
11-23-2009, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by tomgoodman
Some of the large recip aircraft had a separate set of throttles and mixture controls at the flight engineer's station. Here's the B-29 panel:
Flight Engineer's Position
Flight Engineer's Position
That way the FE could keep things synched up and mixtures adjusted. Kind of like a FADEC...
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