HUD goes Tango-Uniform. Do you RTB?
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Didn't the Jag have a plastic clip on for the HUD in a stowage on the left cockpit wall that gave a sort of manual back up aiming system.
Originally Posted by AutoBit
Single engine, single gen if you lost AC power you lost the HUD (same with an MC fail), hence the restriction in the RTS
When were standard instruments not certified because they might fail leading to use of stby instruments?
Now the fallback goes straight from HUD to "peanut gauges". The conventional instruments take time to call up on the MFDs if you're using them for other purposes.
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CM,
I feel we may be going around in circles here. Im not disagreeing with your logic. What you describe is exactly how we flew, but if my memory is correct the HUD was not the PFR for the reasons numerous people have attempted to describe, until Typhoon.
I feel we may be going around in circles here. Im not disagreeing with your logic. What you describe is exactly how we flew, but if my memory is correct the HUD was not the PFR for the reasons numerous people have attempted to describe, until Typhoon.
I recall my first back seat trip in the mighty Jaguar out of Laugh`in Laarbruch (Mid 70s) at about V1, the NAVWASS suddenly displayed the big green cross of doom.
We continued on our way (I hesitate to say `continued in the climb`, cos it was a hot day and we were in an early Jag) but the road traffic lights at Well were on red, so that was a bonus.
As things stabilised I said to my chauffeur (a Mr Phil Fl*nt) "so what happens now then?"
He said nothing but held up a quarter mil marked up with chinagraph lines, and waved it at the stop watch. I got the message quickly as this was the primary navigation system I was used to in my glider! Fair enough.
The trip then went very well IMHO and included the 450kts down the Mosel looking up at the vineyards .. Awsome
Not much changes!
We continued on our way (I hesitate to say `continued in the climb`, cos it was a hot day and we were in an early Jag) but the road traffic lights at Well were on red, so that was a bonus.
As things stabilised I said to my chauffeur (a Mr Phil Fl*nt) "so what happens now then?"
He said nothing but held up a quarter mil marked up with chinagraph lines, and waved it at the stop watch. I got the message quickly as this was the primary navigation system I was used to in my glider! Fair enough.
The trip then went very well IMHO and included the 450kts down the Mosel looking up at the vineyards .. Awsome
Not much changes!
Originally Posted by AutoBit
CM,
I feel we may be going around in circles here. Im not disagreeing with your logic. What you describe is exactly how we flew, but if my memory is correct the HUD was not the PFR for the reasons numerous people have attempted to describe, until Typhoon.
I feel we may be going around in circles here. Im not disagreeing with your logic. What you describe is exactly how we flew, but if my memory is correct the HUD was not the PFR for the reasons numerous people have attempted to describe, until Typhoon.
New ideas (as the HUD was then) sometimes hit dire opposition - it seems the safety guys sometimes fear the change that operators find really good.
