![]() Boeing is also using an amended type certificate for the Max, versus obtaining a new type certificate altogether, in order to maximize similarity to its predecessor. ![]() ![]() Keeping that similarity in place helps airlines to reduce training costs for crews. Working with Boeing, the Rockwell Collins engineering team found that a major goal for the 737 Max program was to keep the functionality and familiarity of the flight controls very similar to the 737 NG. The 737 Max marks the first time that Rockwell Collins' displays have been featured as a standard fit on a 737 platform, whereas in the past the company's displays have been featured as aftermarket options. Generally speaking, regarding what is in the Max versus what was in the previous Next Generation version of the airplane, everything is the same, it is essentially in the same location, which was all part of Boeing’s plan to simplify the transition between the NG model airplane to the Max," Keith Stover, principle systems engineer at Rockwell Collins told Avionics Magazine. Those changes were made to accommodate for the four large-screen displays in that smaller cockpit. There are separate switches and functions in knobs that have either been relocated or incorporated into the displays, as well. "The clocks, which were standalone pieces of equipment in the cockpit before, have now been incorporated into the displays. Engineering teams at Boeing and Rockwell Collins worked to replace, revise and relocate 23 displays and controls, and the Max design also reduces the six-display configuration of the 737 NG to four 15.1-inch Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs). Since winning the Max display contract from Boeing in 2012, Rockwell Collins has worked with the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) to effectively mimic the cockpit package featured on the 787.
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