A cockpit is the area in the front of an aircraft from which a pilot controls the movements of the aircraft. It contains both...
I've gotten some questions about Shared Cockpit over the past months, and I believe that a response is well overdue at this point. I plan to cover the topic in several posts, focussing on the aspects of shared cockpit that apply to 3rd party add-on developers.First...
Volkswagen’s ID.Cockpit is a high-resolution digital gauge cluster behind the steering wheel, within the driver's binnacle. Positioned in the driver's sightline, it provides important information while helping the driver keep their eyes on the road as much as possible.Four ID.Cockpit Customizable...
The Volkswagen Digital Cockpit is an innovative feature that replaces the traditional dashboard with a customizable high-resolution display and digital gauges. It puts essential information and real-time updates in the driver’s line of sight. Having become a popular feature across much of ...
Flight-data recorders: orange is good, black is bad: when a flight goes wrong, the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder provide investigators with evidence to establish what happened on the flight deck and in the plane bef......
The flat piece of wood or plastic under the boat is called therudder, and it is used for steering the boat. The ropes that control the sailboat are known as thesheets. Sailing is a perfect activity foradventure seekers. It used to be the only way of traveling across the seas, but toda...
Also important: understanding that during a tense situation, flight attendants have their hands full tending to the passenger and communicating with the cockpit. In other words, Childress-Miller says, this is not the time to ask for another drink. ...
Subsequent solutions are leading us away from simple dashboard binnacles and infotainment systems and towards the digital cockpit. Carmakers are aware of the strains all this new technology is putting on in-vehicle infotainment systems, moving quickly to add more screens to their vehicles. This add...
This 5-year-old from Gaza is learning to live with one leg and untold loss April 24, 2024 At the end of the hourlong flight, Kendall climbed out of the cockpit grinning. He said he’d seen enough during his flight that he’d trust this still-le...
The halo is the carbonfibre frame that surrounds the cockpit of every F1 car. It's a mandatory, standardised component that's designed to protect a driver's head from flying debris and impacts from other cars. The halo was introduced in 2018, four years after the incident whi...