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Old 29th Jul 2007, 15:44
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NickLappos
 
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You are right crab. Info is not enough. The flight display in Comanche was a dual eye heads up display on the helmet that comprised the flight and power instruments as well as the imagery. If these were all separate, it would be unworkable.

The image was also "space stabilized" so that it showed the image that the pilot would see thru the windows, unlike a fixed HUD image(which would be a real problem if the pilot saw the same forward image when the pilot turned his head. The image was also roll and pitch stabilized, so it stayed glued to the horizon if the pilot rolled his head. the effect was a virtual reality view of the battlefield, similar to that from a very good simulator.

This type display is coming, I would expect it to be cheap enough and available within a decade or so. With synthetic vision and TCAS/ADS data, it could very well nearly replace the windows, especially for night and IFR.
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