Hey fellas,

 

I was wondering in the NGX how close do your position yourself to the glareshield? Do you do it so you can only see the instruments, so you can see the instruments and the yoke or some other way?

 

Thanks,

 

Dan

Hi,

 

I usualy lower the yoke anyway but I would say close enought not to see the yoke even if it's up.

I position the viewpoint the way Boeing designed it...

I position the viewpoint the way Boeing designed it...

 

How is that?

How is that?

 

FCOMv2 1.40.45

care to summarize for those who dont have the fcom in front of us briefly?

Adjustment:

Adjust the seat position with the appropriate controls to obtain the optimum eye reference position. Use the handhold above the forward window to assist. The following sight references are used:

•Sight along the upper surface of the glareshield with a small amount of the airplane nose structure visible

•Sight over the control column (in the neutral position) until the bottom edge of the outboard display unit is visible

Frenchies did this better, to be honest, with the red and white balls in Airbuses and ATRs...

Frenchies did this better, to be honest, with the red and white balls in Airbuses and ATRs...

 

Meh...I don't need an idiot guide in my car or plane. I mean, it certainly doesn't hurt, but as long as you know how to do it, you get the same end result.

 

There's a Justin Bieber toothbrush that sings to you until you're done brushing, as an idiot guide so you get the timing right. I prefer to just count in my head. Less painful.

How about posting a pic of what it looks like when your in the ngx? So we can see how some of you have the view point set up

:lol:!!!!! Kyle, you say that, but would believe about 75% of people who drive cars do not position themselves correctly behind the wheel??!!

 

That being said - I agree with you........ I prefer to just "eyeball it", and GO!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Justin Bieber toothbrush........ :lol: :lol: :lol:!!!!! PLEASE GOD......say it ain't soooooooo!!!!!

 

All best,

Ray Landolt (Blackbird)

Hi,

 

I run 80% zoom, and move the seat back to adjust my view, I'm running a triple monitor setup 5760x1200.

Whenever I start a flight, I always move back twice (CTRL+Enter).

Personally, I position the viewpoint so I can see the MCP and the entirety of the LCD displays on the captain's side. This generally means moving the viewpoint up two notches, back two notches, and to the right until I can see the entire MCP. I then pan the viewpoint down until I can just see the bottom edges of the LCD displays. This way, my view looks like a traditional 2D panel view, but it is in the VC. I then use the built in view presets for the overhead and pedestal.

I would advise the following: move seat back untill you can see only half of the pedestal light knob behind the seat, move up one notch and zoom out one notch. I quoted the fcom earlier, but this is how I do it.