Originally Posted by
Double Zero
It might be of interest to know these night vision devices have a short life - less than 50 hours - and fail without warning...might have been better off without them !
Luckily mine failed ( somewhat prematurely I felt regarding the cost, though naturally about a second after the guarantee expired ) on my boat so I was able to pull up in time, but I'd think long & hard before flying even with latest standard NVG's.
As mentioned, they also give a wierd aspect, and are notorious in the military for restricting peripheral vision - important if one's trying to hover a Harrier - no, the nearest I'll get to that is a sim, but I knew Test Pilots who complained about it...
Also the cabin lighting has to be compatible.
DZ
The technology you are talking about is NVS. This video is
EVS which is an Infra-Red based video which is TOTALLY DIFFERENT. The MTBF (meam time between failures) for modern (uncooled) EVS technology is measured in THOUSANDS of hours.