The Catpains chair - what do all the abbrevations mean?

CATPAIN KIRK · Aug 4, 2015

I was just idling around a white dwarf and wondered once more what all the abbrevations on the control panels on the CMDR's seat actually mean, so I took a shoddy video in order for you to enlighten me.

[video=youtube;oEngI3eECJ4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEngI3eECJ4&feature=youtu.be[/video]

Does anything of that mean anything to people with a professional flight background?

I'd really appreciate it if someone with a better setup and some clue about recording videos would contribute.

Alex Brentnall · Aug 4, 2015

CATPAIN KIRK said:
I was just idling around a white dwarf and wondered once more what all the abbrevations on the control panels on the CMDR's seat actually mean, so I took a shoddy video in order for you to enlighten me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEngI3eECJ4&feature=youtu.be

Does anything of that mean anything to people with a professional flight background?

I'd really appreciate it if someone with a better setup and some clue about recording videos would contribute.

For those wondering you have:

FRL | FRR | AUX | ST+
CTL | SYS | CON | ST-

+ | +
- | -
CL | CR

AX 1-3
DT 2-4

Scudmungus · Aug 4, 2015

Guessin:

Front Right Right

Front Right Left

Auxillary

Center Left

Center Right

Arius · Aug 4, 2015

CATPAIN KIRK said:
I was just idling around a white dwarf and wondered once more what all the abbrevations on the control panels on the CMDR's seat actually mean...

Hah! I usually wonder what the abbreviations in most posts mean. I think the majority of forum users type in a strange language called 'Gobbledish!te'.

Iskariot · Aug 4, 2015

I have no idea what it means.
I'm starting to realize it is a miracle I can get my Python out of the station.

Defacto · Aug 4, 2015

Frivolous. Furry. Aurox. Style Points Plus. Cutlet. Not sure about the others.

CATPAIN KIRK · Aug 5, 2015

Scudmungus said:
Guessin:

Front Right Right

Front Right Left

Auxillary

Center Left

Center Right

Good guesses, but front right right what? Gonads? And why are there two "ST-" switches instead of a minus and a plus? Do they hate Star Trek so much?

I do like the left hand control panels design though - reminds me of my first remote control.

Arius · Aug 5, 2015

Irony:
In a thread concerning the confusion and/or understanding of written text, Scudmungus makes his first post that I understand completely on first reading.

CATPAIN KIRK · Aug 6, 2015

Arius said:
Irony:
In a thread concerning the confusion and/or understanding of written text, Scudmungus makes his first post that I understand completely on first reading.

Now that you say it - however I can't think of any way on how to "jamaicify" any of the words he typed there...