Thread: Tour the Cockpit of ANA’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner

imagine how many wires are behind the panel!

Not that many is my guess. I bet it's all data and comms cables. What do you do when things get confused? I can always do the master reboot on the D3 by disconnecting the battery and counting to 100; bit more complicated at 30,000 feet

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Originally Posted by harry

imagine how many wires are behind the panel!

No where near as many as compared to the original 747 for example. All the sensors now can connect to a central computer in the avionics bay and a data link is sent to the computer in the cockpit displaying all relevant data.

On the Jumbo's of the 60's and 70's was not only tens of gauges but an engineers panel with hundreds of circuit breakers, gauges and switches. Each one of those would have had a wire running to it. These days it's all electronic.

I was wondering when I was browsing through these pictures is I wonder what measures Boeing has made in the case of a serious electrical fault. There does't seem to be a single non-electronic gauge.

Originally Posted by alexturner

On the Jumbo's of the 60's and 70's was not only tens of gauges but an engineers panel with hundreds of circuit breakers, gauges and switches. Each one of those would have had a wire running to it. These days it's all electronic.

If I recall correctly, there were about 900 switches, dials, knobs and cbs in the cockpit of an early 747, vs about 250 in a 747-400. Of course, much of the complexity was still there....it was just hidden a couple of pages down in a menu.

The images show a very tidy cockpit, which is unmistakably from the Boeing family. The head up display, which is shown folded away, is probably the primary flight instrumentation.

I was wondering when I was browsing through these pictures is I wonder what measures Boeing has made in the case of a serious electrical fault. There does't seem to be a single non-electronic gauge.

Well, there is a standby attitude indicator, and though electronic, it is self contained, with a couple of hours of battery power. Of course if all the electronics fail, then it won't matter anyway, as fly by wire aircraft don't fly well without electricity.

Design is a little curious in that the engine displays take up half of one of the navigation displays, though that will certainly be selectable.

Originally Posted by alexturner

There does't seem to be a single non-electronic gauge.

Found one.



Pressure gauge for the dry chem extinguisher.

Bet its the least checked gauge too. (and its also not showing the required inspection/test tag/date stamp)

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