A340-600 Take off

[Krulle27]

Excellent perspective! Very cool! Thanks!!M

[ThePfeffi80]

Veery nice point of View!

[Venzla21]

Que arrechoo!!!! jajjajaja con esa palanquita manipulan el avion.... Que presicion en la mano del piloto... y que tecnologia... Buen video!!

[FienStudios]

My god this is a boring video, its not entertaining watching a stick move.

[MrBryan86]

What is the red button on the sidestick for??

[rknn]

@MrBryan86 disconnecting autopilot



[dave4shmups]

GREAT job with this video!! So, the aircraft stays at the same position unless the pilot moves the stick?? That's what it looks like.

[Einhander49]

Seriously, man. I love the a340 - it's a sexy beast to look at. But look at those fucking controls. A lot of the fun you derive from flying is lost when you control it through a joystick? Everything in those airbus cockpits is just so automated and vanilla.

[shuklavinays]

I felt relief @04:10 when auto pilot was turned on.

[TheTwelveth]

This is a very interesting view of the cockpit !

[aeropelicanj32]

On the camera view during the flight it is day but when you look through the windscreen it is night. Great spool up!

[Griskabora]

Doesn't look as though that sidestick has much feel in it. Looks like a computer game. I imagine that you cannot feel the aircraft through the stick like with a conventional flight control system.

[aexmndz]

That was f****** AWESOME!!! It's like watching the most expensive video game EVER!!! +1 :D

[budc25]

nice forearm.

[Scoopy4444]

I didn't know that there was a split screen showing live outside view of the front wheel and tail view when lining up the plane. Thank you for sharing : )

[jamesgreen456]

@Scoopy4444 all the screens in the display can be changed to show whatever the pilots ask for.

[jamesgreen456]

@Scoopy4444 all the screens in the display can be changed to show whatever the pilots ask for. airbus aircraft are designed this way, commanality for pilots for type rating

[Scoopy4444]

@jamesgreen456 cool

[LiLTMac123]

what was the take off thrust setting used here? toga? or flex?

[petrucci973]

everytime i watch this video i trip out hahaha.. no matter how huge an a346 is stable and easy to fly with stick and fly by wire makes it unique just because!

[ahmed87726]

is this areal aircraft or a simulater?

[Kronik2g2]

@ahmed87726 Real

[aexmndz]

@ahmed87726 Real :P

[deetjay1]

If I can just win that next level...

[MegAmaNeo1]

Lol 01:20 V1^^. I think it's Rolls Royce^^

[mattlovesbradford]

@MegAmaNeo1 rolls royce trents

[mattlovesbradford]

@MegAmaNeo1 roll royce trents

[jamesgreen456]

@MegAmaNeo1 RR Trent 500 power all 340 500/600.

[QuantumStates]

I bet he's just playing a videogame...

[petrucci973]

I TRIP EVERYTIME I WATCH THIS!! best office EVEERR!!! airbus flight deck

[747johnz]

BETTER THAN SEX !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[79elia88]

@747johnz mmmmm I don't think so.....

[afgrocks123]

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[afgrocks123]

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[afgrocks123]

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[747johnz]

@afgrocks123 : I bet you did not even finish primary school you uneducated poor mother fucker...

I asked my sis... she said you were a dumb fuck last night... your mother called me a hero...

Fuckers like yourself give animals a bad name... gutless fuck... Hallelujah guy brother... peace...

[747johnz]

@afgrocks123 IDIOT BOY... WHERE ARE YOU IDIOT BOY...????

[afgrocks123]

@747johnz just shut the fuck up. but you can talk to the dick cuz the hand is flickering your mom's clit.

[rockstarhobo03]

@747johnz as my good old friend the dos equis guy would say..

"No."

[phatcarz]

nice video

looks like you did in secret?

[Skyflyerification]

The time, until the Impulse given by the pilot is put into action by the System, is way to long!

[xXxmidgexXx]

it actually took me a while to realize this was real and not a simulator

[iBizkitas]

feels like a gameplay :) does it ? :)

[dks11000]

AIRBUS rules... who needs a yoke in 2010 !!! BOEING are still in 1960 !!!

[1986bahai]

same plane brought me here to canada from frankrort germany. but i didnt like it it was very shaky and in the middle of the road it had a very very bad shake that almost gave a heart attack.

[MyFallenIdolMusic]

@1986bahai that's turbulence not the plane. Any and Every plane. cept. the A380 will experience that

[WISEBL00D]

This guy is moving the stick around a lot after takeoff, but if you look at the PFD, these inputs have no impact whatsoever on the flight trajectory. Only when he banks the aircraft does it show response. So why bother pretending to fly the aircraft when the FBW has clearly taken over? You might as well put the AP1 on at 500ft AGL and have done with it.

[glowfish135]

@WISEBL00D the sidestick was not moved much at all. minor corrections

[navymmw]

@WISEBL00D Correcting for wind, which requires small corrections.



[doubleBdasher]

whats the red button on the sidestick for?

[sparkzulzzz]

@doubleBdasher autopilot disconnect

[MrDanieldb]

@doubleBdasher for firing the sidewinders.

[lawrenceworkgrave]

Looks like Rwy 26R GIVMI5W departure :-))

[ichbindarren]

AWESOME sound!!!

[rparksbrown]

Awesome video!

[NattapatZ]

What does the red button do? Did he just released a nuke? lol

[LH287]

@NattapatZ Autopilot disconnect button.

[slazzer145]

i wish im a pilot so i could fly an airplane 747 400

[chamilitary999]

Why before 80 Kts, the FO the side stick is pushed down?

When does pilot put the AP on?

[RixceU]

@chamilitary999

Usually the stick is pushed forward on takeoff for better nose wheel control. Pilots can engage the A/P anytime, (conditions permitting and above a certain altitude, I think 200 ft).

[1kris007]

@chamilitary999 The sidestick is pushed down slightly to ensure that the contact between the nose and the runway is firm, so that nose wheel steering remains quick and also to ensure the the nose wheel doesn't skid.

He is not putting the autopilot on, even if he wanted to, he couldn't do it by pressing the button on the side stick, that only disconnects it, but it cannot turn autopilot on, to do that he would have to press AP1 or AP2 buttons on the Glaresheild.

[sakhalin12]

r u a pilot? :)

[gogamich]

I love 340 and 747 POWER OF FOUR ENGINS

[totallyairplanecrazy]

@gogamich *facepalm*

[hagios9]

@totallyairplanecrazy lol

[gonzalojosevb]

Muy buen video, soy aficionado al FSX y me encantan las tomas desde cabina. Gracias

[steve7onfire]

what's the red button on the sidestick for

[MariuzHomie]

@steve7onfire Autopilot Disconnect

[jxyooj339]

SWEET VIDEO!

[SeamonkeyW97]

you can even see the airspeed going up

[psgman41]

Hey guys, could someone tell me what's that noise at 2:00 ? I take the plane very often and it always does that sound 10 seconds after takeoff (or so). I'm always scared cause it sounds like an engine shutdown :S

[machobandido]

@psgman41: thats the nose landing gear tires, its still spinning when airborne, then retracted it hits the stopper to stop it from spinning (to eliminate gyroscopic effect). the stopper is attached to the airframe thats why you feel it a bit rough. Coz thats a lot of energy transfer and nose landing gear has no breaks. hope it helps

[psgman41]

@machobandido wow thanks dude. Cant believe those spinning wheels make so much noise on takeoff. I take the plane very often and I always think it's like an engine failure , because it also coincides with nose slightly pitching down and speed decrease (I take Air France and always stare at the speed on the screen) . :S. maybe as soon as the wheels are retracted, the pilot reduces thrusts, no ?

[machobandido]

@psgman41

[CllateOe]

SIDESTICK SUCKS

[jarod1672]

@americanblues05 yes the trigger is a PTT! The PTT on the stick is only used by the pilot flying. There are 2 or 3 PTT's on both sides for redundancy, on the center console, up by the glareshield (I believe), and 1 on the stick of course. PNF usually uses 1 of the others as to not interfere with the other pilots control inputs.

[americanblues05]

What is the trigger thing, the sidestick has?? PTT???

[TheGreatFlyer]

LOVE it at 1:32!

[tccerqueira]

Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gustavo87467357]

is the trim automatic?? or you must manage it in the sidestick?

[sonicfan7]

@gustavo87467357 yup, airbusses have auto-trims. Personally I never liked the Idea of triming the plane myself while a computer can so so much better.

[gustavo87467357]

@sonicfan7 i donno i like to control the trim myself, for example if you wanna make a step procedure and you want to have a immediately control of your airplane? the computer will be more slowly to respond..

[sonicfan7]

@gustavo87467357 no not nescessairily. atleast the plane will be stable though.

[Epica124]

@sonicfan7 That kind of takes away the point of being a pilot if you let the computer do all most all of the work.

[sonicfan7]

@Epica124 dude, triming is irratating to do and in boeing aircrafts you'll just switch center control command right after take-off there's no difference...

[Epica124]

@sonicfan7 We are just going to have to agree to disagree here. Because I don't like the flight decks being almost all computers.

[sonicfan7]

@Epica124 computers is a sign of sophisticated progression, it's not all that bad. Infact I would be happy to see that in a 100 years all aircrafts are controlled withouth pilots but via a computer only, when they are sophisticated enough to perform such 'complexity' task which will in the near future. To eliminate pilot error once and for all and become the safer pilot who can calculate an perfect flight and determine each nanosecond what to do.

[gisk2007]

@sonicfan7

I agree. The next step, and i believe it is being researched today, is to phase air traffic controllers out.

If the aircraft computers network with each other then who needs ATC?

the OS must be something new as well that is not susceptible to viruses and adware...

[TheJoChannelindia]

for what is that red button and the thing in front of the stick?

[DonLduk]

the red button is to shoot at the people at the gates.

[Georgeasw24]

El autopilot se desconecta desde el sidestick normalmente, con el mismo botón de prioridad (el rojo) pero sin mantenerlo pulsado. Desde la consola también, pero se queda el aviso de fallo en el Ecam y no es la operación normal. La verdad es que pone bastante nervioso lo que tarda el avión en rotar desde que tiras del sidestick hacia atrás !!

[GGGunitNextLevel]

I wish I was wealthy to afford the fucking Pilot Shcool which costs around 40-70k

[ryanmd11fan]

@GGGunitNextLevel you can apply to a school which allows you to pay the fee from your monthly wage as a pilot..

[Chopper894]

Thrilling

[gordoncampion]

what does the red button on the sidestick do.

[lucasguillen]

its the 9\11 button!!!

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO­LOL

[GONZASABA]

@gordoncampion: The red button on the sidestick is called "the priority button" it gives you a priority on the control of the aircraft, one push disconnect the autopilot and a second push disconnect the visual and audible alarm that sound when autopilot is disconnected, it also gives you a prioriy over the other pilot, when you push the red button the other pilot does not have any control until he push the red button on his sidestick. best wishes from argentina!!

[astoniz]

now i know :)

[astoniz]

BTW for example I want to turn right or turn left What can i do ??

[joseanrodm9519]

@GONZASABA hola oye estas en lo cierto de lo de la prioridad pero el piloto automatico se desconecta desde el panel de navegacion . pero si es verdad lo de la prioridad. hay otro boton rojo en los aceleradores y ese es para desconectar el auto thrust que es parte del piloto automatico. saludos desde madrid

[hummersepp1989]

If you push the red Button, you will have controll..... so there you can chance from Pilot to Co-Pilot or the other way round:) Hope that helps you

[bibovit]

radio

[TobiR83]

@gordoncampion This button turns the Autopilot off....

[Nitroboss2007]

its like a more precisious mode ... reduce speed of rotation.. im not english....

[TheSealalula]

Awesome !

[BlackTwister999]

what a sound !!!

[miguelsaez340]

i love this airplane, does someone know what are the sidestick buttons for?? i never understood

[akaisurug]

I think it has a auto pilot disconnecter button and a radio transmitter button...

[FSfreek]

@akaisurug totally right!

[nuwanthevampire]

Red Button - AP discoonect & priority takeing button...

1 click it discoonctes autopilot

Press and hold it takes prority over other side stick

[akaisurug]

@nuwanthevampire

Thanks...how do you know this??

[nuwanthevampire]

Because i fly an Airbus A 320..

[damiantymkiw]

Im 15 (Well I will be tomorrow), What are the qualification to being a pilot? I want to be a pilot, ever sicne I was 8 Ihve had a passion for planes, and I want to be a pilot, what should I do? Join a school? Cadets?

[busestudios]

get ur PPL i thing u have to be 17 to get it and 16 for ur solo but u can start training at any age

[jackbradburyfox]

Yea start 11+ (I am 11 now and I have just started for my birthday)) solo 16, and 45 hrs and 17 yrs old for licence.

[akaisurug]

WOW..thats so cool....Maybe some day I also will...by the way are you at Sri Lankan??

[nuwanthevampire]

Yes i am..good luck with everythng

[Goncalo792]

So lets suppose.

Im Capt and you are the F/O, i got the side stick priority system activated to my Sidestick, giving priority to me.

In case of dual input, if you press the red button and I dont, what happens?

I got priority but you should get it too by action of the red button.

So, what is gonna heppen in this case?

[nuwanthevampire]

When you press the red button..your stick has the prority. A synthetic voice command says PRIORITY LEFT.But if i press the RED button on my side or move the stick again the prority is lost.

Imagine FO is incapacitated and i have fallen over my side stick putting the aircraft to a nose dive. In that case the Capt. have to hold his RED BUTTON for more than 40 Seconds. That will latch the prority to his side stick. Only way to unlatch it isby pressing the oppsite side RED button. Not by moving it

[Goncalo792]

thank you mate.

nice flights for you

[sniperkillzzzzzzzzzz]

if you press the red button does it shot out missals? HAHA jk

[Goncalo792]

No, only the A340-400 has that option!

[sniperkillzzzzzzzzzz]

lol

[psgman41]

@Goncalo792 a 340-400 ? is that a new plane ?

[Goncalo792]

Yes it is! Created by me some days ago!

When I was discussing the sidestick's red button function, someone asked:

Does it activate missiles?

I answered, only on the A344, BECAUSE THE A340-400 IS THE ONLY A340 THAT CAN CARRY A MISSILE LAUNCHER!

[psgman41]

@Goncalo792 , lol that's a good idea. I think we should equip all commercial airplanes with missiles :P

[Am99a]

the sound of the engine its just amazing

[KimmurielBaenre]

Not a fan of the sidestick but A340 still a nice plane :)

[Kaipeternicolas]

to LAX or SFO?

[nemlou]

à quoi sert le bouton rouge sur le manche a balai?

[tiluc658]

i don't know why but i just really don't like airbuses, i much preferre boeings for some reason :S

[tubeyou443]

@tiluc658 That's weird. I doubt you've flown either of them.

[tiluc658]

i flew a airbus a330-200 to dubai and then a boeing 777-300ER to shanghai so yeah i have flown on them :D

[uscgswimmer1]

did u pilot them or just fly on them?

[tiluc658]

i've flown in both of them

[uscgswimmer1]

so u just flew IN them and not pilot them, so how can u like one better than the other if u just sat in the back and not the flight deck?

[miguelsaez340]

well i think being in the cockpit is one of the most wonderful things on aviation even without piloting

[jipe05]

marvelous video! thanks for sharing

[TheGrossAnk]

What's the red thumb button for? It looks like using it alot.

[FTStratLP]

Thats the "Take Over Push Button". It eihter disconnects the Auto Pilot (when pushed just briefly) or it disabels the opposite sidestick (when pushed for alonger periode of time ). This prevents from dual imput.

[WISEBL00D]

Right, its clearly my month for asking dumb questions about flying an airbus a340-600.

So...on take-off, with an aircraft that length do you have to keep the nose down to avoid tail strike? I think the pilot in this video keeps is at 10 degrees takeoff and climb?

Also, is it physically possible to manually control this aircraft over say...a distance of 500nm or more and land it at the end; or is it so tied to automated flight as to render that impossible?

[jesuistahmid]

any of these pro-pilots can fly an aircraft fully manually... that's how it was done back in the day!... but autopilot just reduces pilot fatigue+stress.

Yes, if you look at the indicator... he pulls it up to 10 deg nose up only.

[pilotcharlesH17]

Well if they couldnt they wouldnt pass there aircraft rating would they!

[pilotcharlesH17]

Actually i dont know there minimums and maximums for takeoffs but do know that the 2 longest commercial jets flying the A340 and the B777 have a little wheel that can be deployed at the tail!! To avoid scraping!!

[gliderwickid]

Only concorde had that. The A340 and B773 both have tailstrike protection in their autopilot system. On the Airbus there is a mark on the PFD that indicates the maximum nose pitch you can pull without striking the tail. It moves up after the plane's wheels leave the ground until it disappears out of the top of the screen after the tail is several feet away from the ground.

[PilotUTA]

IF a pilot wanted, they could fly any airplane 777,747, a340 etc, manually for any distance...

[nuwanthevampire]

Keeping the nose down during take off roll is standard practice for any airbus aircraft..that is to stop nose going up when the aeroplane is accelerating..Pilot should bring the stick to neutral starting from 80 knots and fully neutral by 100 knots.

[thepreme123]

The side stick isn't that tough and stiff to fly with. It's nimble and you don't need much strength.

So left or right doesn't really matter. Just like driving a car. You can use your left hand to steer the wheel instead of right too!

[captnmac14]

Hi wiseblood im a real pilot and its easy to line up with the runway all you do is look at the external camera on top of rudder and thats it :)

[kdes]

hahahahha that is very funny :)))

[saidsakha1]

Copilot

[WISEBL00D]

Ok, heres a question for any (real) pilots out there: How difficult is it to keep one of these massive planes lined up when you take off?

I believe you use the rudder pedals to do this? That sounds terrifying difficult. How do you keep from veering off the runway at 120+ knots?

[incheon]

Yes during takeoff u use rudder for steering it works up to 6 deg of turn, when taziing u use the tiller. Subtle moves on the rudder pedals and u will stay aligned.Most pilots dont use the cam we use the paravisual.

[pilotcharlesH17]

At speed in any aircraft the controls are very touch sensitive!! although landing in crosswinds can get hairy!! As it did for me 3weeks ago!!! :| Anyways Using rudder is much easier than people think!! Anything with flying is conifidence in yourself!! But travelling at 120knots with effective controls you dont need to over compensate or anything just keep equal rudder control and its easy!!

[Kommandant10]

is that the pilot or the copilot? how do the guys on the left seat manage to fly this with their left hand!?

[tydaftpk38]

same way the boeing guys do it! Yoke or sidestick you only have one hand on it, the other on the throttles.

[HAWXcallnameCube]

thats the copilot.. The pilot (captain) has the Flightstick on hims left hand

[Kommandant10]

I know, but my question is : isn't it hard for the Pilot to Use his LEFT hand?

[HAWXcallnameCube]

Can be true but I guess not o: what do you think?

[Kommandant10]

:D well It would be very hard for me to fly left hand, at least till I get used to it...

[HAWXcallnameCube]

Are you a pilot ? :D

[Kommandant10]

you can say I have about 1200 Flying hours on FSX :P..a mix between Boeing 737 and Airbus...I wish I was in real too, but no money = no honey

[yahul25]

usually u start learning to fly with the left hand itself in a typical piper cherokee or a 172. you get a handof it after a while. As someone said, its not like writing.

[charlieechovictor]

umh left or right hand it's not like you writing just take a glass of water and bring it to your mouth and drink... You did it wit your left hand. I have no problems to fly a plane with my left hand

[SLKVP]

From the beginingn up to 0:18 ot shows external cameras view then switches to normal EADI view.

At 1:47 PNF selects Gear UP, at 1:48-49 most probably nose doors opening are heard. At 2:02 to 2:12 the free spinning nose wheel entering the nose gear bay is heard. And at 2:14 doors close then you can notice who much noise thos open doors do.

[Turkorican1978]

Awesome tnx for the vid

[astoniz]

wow.. very nice !!