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coolmanak
11-08-2008, 12:35 PM
Hello everybody. I have one final Airbus question.

When I looked at Airbus cockpits, it appears there are two types of transponders available. I assume it is the choice of the airline which one of the two is used, but which one of these two styles do you use?

A. http://www.flightdecksolutions.com/_assets/images/products/613-large.jpg
B. http://www.cockpitsonicusa.com/oxid.php/sid/2f676ba651fd890b0e1c806d088f4ce6/cl/moredetails/cnid/e7b44302aadc279d7.13132501/anid/2d041740b0cb09ac3.04516608/A320-ATC-_-TCAS-panel/

Well, I suppose I have one more question. As you can see in these two airbus cockpit pictures, it appears that one has a lot of steam gauges, and the other does not.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/US-Airways/Airbus-A320-214/1321887&tbl=photo_info&photo_nr=4&sok=keyword_(%5C%27%2B%5C%22a320%5C%22_%2B%5C%22cockpit%5C%22%5C%27_IN_BOOLEAN_MODE))_&sort=_order_by_photo_id_DESC_&prev_id=1321996&next_id=1311181

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Thomas-Cook-Airlines/Airbus-A320-214/1375385&tbl=photo_info&photo_nr=1&sok=keyword_(%5C%27%2B%5C%22a320%5C%22_%2B%5C%22cockpit%5C%22%5C%27_IN_BOOLEAN_MODE))_&sort=_order_by_photo_id_DESC_&prev_id=&next_id=1369799

What's the deal with that?

coolmanak
03-25-2009, 06:06 PM
Sorry to bring back up an old topic, but does anybody know the answer?

Bob Reed
03-25-2009, 09:28 PM
Both cockpits have the same number of "steam" gauges. These are known as Stand By gauges.One cockpit is lit up for night and the other one is not.

TobiBS
03-26-2009, 11:43 AM
The older one is using the old style standby gauges, 4 in total, an altimeter, a speedmeter, an artificial horizon and the DDRMI, the newer ones are using a single one for altitude, speed and attitude combined on one LCD.

look in here: http://www.mycockpit.org/forums/showthread.php?t=15597&highlight=software

This might light things up a bit more.