NotimTams,
Less than 30 seconds to;
- acquire the target
- determine if the target will be a collision risk,
- determine what avoiding action to take,
- initiate avoiding action,
- watch as your prop shears off the red fuselage
Reflexes have nothing to do with it. I'm talking about the human factor side of "see and avoid". I have worked with RAAF air defence in acft intercepts, and, guess what, even when told where to look, pilots often don't visually acquire targets till within seconds of intercept.
See what I mean now about the Lancair pilot actions.