AviationGeeks.com - The Cockpit of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner

The high-tech Dreamliner cockpit is quite different from what we are used to see in our regular commercial airliners, it´s stylish, simple and innovative. The cockpit´s colors are a mix of gray black and silver which gives it a high-tech look. The cockpit has more head room than other Boeing (or Airbus) aircrafts and the circuit-breakers directly above both the captain’s head and the co-pilot’s have been removed and some are just displayed on the digital screen.

Boeing claims that the aircraft will achieve 20% fuel efficiency compared to the 767. The Dreamliner will achieve this by having all composite fuselage and engines and aerodynamic improvements. The flight deck and controls will also be state of the art. Another innovative technology that Boeing is implementing with the Dreamliner is that electrical system will replace bleed air and hydraulic power systems with electrically powered compressors and pumps and eliminating pneumatics and hydraulics from some subsystems such as starter and brakes.

Most of the avionic system will be supplied by Honeywell, Rockwell-Collins and Thales. The flight deck will have two head up guidance systems displays, LCD multi-function displays were you can move the needle between screens, graphical user interface widget toolkit and Avionics Full-Duplex Switched Ethernet (AFDX) transfers data (orders) to the flight controls and systems.

Boeing has been considering using infrared to see when visibility is limited. The computer system in the 787 is so sophisticated that the FAA has expressed concerns that passengers could take over the aircraft´s control, navigation and communication systems.

The new cockpit will be transform the pilots life and make it both more comfortable and more productive.

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