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    Concorde First officer side Console and flight Controls

     

    This section Covers the first officer's additional controls, in particular the control column and side console on the aircraft

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    1. Control column

    2. Lighting control

    3. Weather radar

    4. Oxygen outlet

    5. Headset sockets and speaker control

    6. Lighting control & Speaker unit

    7. Smoke goggles

    8. Nose wheel steering

    9. Ruddar pedal adjustment

     

    Control column

    The Concorde control column is far more complex than you may initially think, apart from controlling the flying surfaces it has several other functions as detailed below.

    Left you can see the First officer's control, there are two slight differences between the pilots and first officers controls.

    1. The pilots side control is a mirror image of the first officers.

    2. The pilots control has the emergency control button

     

     

    ADI pitch bar control

    Audio selector flight or ground. This switch is located behind the control

    Top - Electronic trim

     

    Bottom - Autopilot disconnect button

    The control column also incorporates a stick shaker to alert flight outside normal parameters for example when the aircraft is at risk of stall.

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    Lighting control

     
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    Please note the weather radar was upgraded during service, the detail to the Right and below is for the old system but the principle of operation is the same.

    Weather radar

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    Left you can see the newer weather radar unit used in the BA Production fleet

    Above ; Radar used in Air France Concorde, this unit was replaced by BA for the one below and left

     

     

    Oxygen mask and controls

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    Headset sockets and speaker control

     
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    Lighting control and speaker position

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    Smoke Goggles

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    Contains a set of smoke goggles in case of fire or smoke

     

    Nose wheel steering

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    Ruddar pedal adjust

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