Thought of a great idea if we ever do implement minor/major failures in full swing:
MIPAS (Malfunction Indication and Pilot Alert System):
This would either be part of the flight computer or an entirely new MFD. Like I've said previously,
the 747-400 uses a similar system called EICAS, which does generally the same thing that this
would.
When you do a cold start on the DGIII, it will display maybe a page or two of data which is
incorrect for its current mode of flight (an example being 'HUD power off'). There would be a colour
code system. Red would indicate a serious fault (like complete power loss, or something similar)
yellow would be a minor malfunction, and white would be a system indicator which could be
corrected but it doesn't need to be for a safe flight.
As you start up the DGIII, the yellow and red warnings would disappear as they are corrected
before takeoff. Once you are done, you can see anything that you have missed out on. Any faults
that happen during the flight would be posted on the MIPAS page until they are fixed.
MIPAS would monitor:
-Electrical systems
-Life support sytems
-Hull integrity (not a perfect indication of integrity though)
-Fuel systems
-Doors/Compartments status (includes nosecone, outer door, inner door, radiator doors, antenna
doors, landing gear doors, canopy and anything else Dan decides to add with a door
)
-Tire pressure/temperatre, and landing gear struts (intelligently, not all landing gear struts would
fail at once.. imaging skidding down the runway nose first because the nose gear collapsed
)
MIPAS would make the current failure warnings/system messages window and the 'check vessel
state display' invalid, compressing a lot of information into one system.
If anyone wants any pictures or info about the -400 EICAS system I'm happy to provide, as its
rather unique and great for pilots. This might not even be used until DGIV...
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