It’s no secret that pilots on long-haul flights have entry to personal sleeping quarters that passengers by no means see, nevertheless it turns on the market are extra surprises hidden away inside a contemporary airliner, together with an entire server room stuffed with rack mounted computer systems and electronics located beneath the cockpit.
YouTuber ‘bjornpilot’ is an airline pilot who flies Airbus 330, 340, and 350 plane who additionally likes to doc their travels and globetrotting adventures with a wide-angle motion cam on the top of a selfie stick. Occasionally, additionally they share movies revealing the secrets and techniques of air journey, which is what their most up-to-date video focuses on whereas an Airbus 350 sits at an airport gate between flights.
If you assumed that, like a small single-propeller aircraft, the electronics and computer systems that energy an Airbus 350 are all hidden behind the cockpit’s instrument panel and partitions of the plane, you’re underestimating simply how a lot computing energy is required to function a contemporary airliner. Inside the cockpit is a trapdoor on the ground that results in the aircraft’s avionics compartment beneath, which may actually solely be described as a full-on server room with floor-to-ceiling racks of computer systems and different electronics and sufficient room for somebody to truly stand down there.
It is smart to place all of this gear in a single easy-to-entry place in order that upkeep doesn’t require elements of the plane to be utterly torn aside, however the measurement of this compartment is what’s most spectacular given industrial airliners by no means really feel particularly spacious inside. If you’ve ever watched Hollywood blockbusters like Flightplan or Air Force One, you’re in all probability questioned the plausibility of somebody shifting round a aircraft with out going by means of the cabin. But bjornpilot additionally reveals an easy accessibility door between the Airbus’ avionics compartment and the aircraft’s cargo maintain, so the thought you could stealthily transfer by means of a whole airliner undetected isn’t that far-fetched.
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