John . IF all else failed do you believe you could do a 180 and fly for a few minutes using this screen ? I am told it is totally intuitive , just like looking out of a small screen . If you could hook it up to give engine data , airspeed , VSI etc without having to spend a fortune on CAA/EASA arse covering , would you do it ? Also do you believe you could/would fly straight into a hill or building if you had it or would it make that scenario almost impossible if its working ?
We have been bumping into hard things in fluffy clouds consistently now for around a century . We know that pilots are human so if systems are complex (ifr) they will sometimes mess up . Even just as an extra comfort , who would not like to look out front and see the ground where you think it should be ??????
If the heli industry was like the auto industry we would have all this safety kit AND more by now . In the last few years they have fitted , to mention just a few
1) All around airbags
2) Ifrared cameras for the dark
3) Radar with auto braking
4) auto parking
We however are just beginning to use .....GPS !!!!!!!!!!!!! And even then not properly
