This panel is an accurate rendition of a real Trident airliner
as in service with BEA / British Airways.
Most of the photography was done at the de Havilland Heritage museum,
London Colney, with some also done at Cosford.
Every effort has been made to make it authentic in look and function,
while still remaining useable in FS.
The real aircraft panel has quite a wide spread, so the main view
has been set to make all the vital instruments visible for the
'single crew' FS pilot. A cut down 'pilot view' panel is
also included on the 2D version and you can toggle between the
two.
The Virtual Cockpit (VC) is fully functional and the model can be operated
completely from VC mode. There are some helpful viewing options
built into the VC that can eliminate the problems of panning around
the 3D environment (see VC extras tab).
The panel is good for both the Trident 2 & 3. When used
with a Trident 3 model, additional gauges for the booster engine
are displayed.
The model is intended as a piloting simulation only. The
engineer's position is not covered in any detail except for a simple
fuel panel.
The gauges were researched using detailed BEA manuals. Written
in the days when manuals were both informative and correct. :-)
The final development and testing phase was completed with the help
of two ex Trident pilots. Their input over several weeks certainly
put the gloss of accuracy on a fine model.
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Panel design & gauges : David Maltby & Saverio Maurri
VC model : David Maltby
Photography, research material : Dave Booker
Special thanks to Peter McLeland, Jon Goldwater & Brian Withers
for their enthusiastic testing and expert advice. All have
a huge amount of piloting experience in a wide variety of aircraft
with Peter & Jon also flying Tridents for a number of years.
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