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Nov 12, 2007, 4:08 PM
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"Steve" <steve@DELETEMEFIRSTzord.co.uk> skrev i en meddelelse
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> "TOCA" <Not@valid.com> wrote in message
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>> "Steve" <steve@DELETEMEFIRSTzord.co.uk> skrev i en meddelelse
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>>> Not sure if it's been linked already (if so, apologies), but here's a
>>> nice IR to visual comparison (split screen) of a night landing at Aspen.
>>>
>>> http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=697_1194736205
>>>
>>> Steve
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>> IR and nightwission goggles, are allways nice to have, when the darknes
>> gets too black, but I'm not sure if it will improve the maneuvering of
>> comercial flights.
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> I have a sneaky suspicion that this is trialling IR imaging on MFD's or
> even HUD-type displays rather than NVG's. I may be wrong (it wouldn't be
> a first if I was!!) but I suspect that these things have more to do with
> improving safety and extending operability than they have to do with
> manoeuverability.
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Huh, HUD-------Now why didn't I think of that :o/
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>> Yes it enables the pilot to see what's besides the runway, but does (s)he
>> need to? Isn't it just added info, that needs to be handled?
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> Err ... and when it's daylight...?
You land VFR, i guess, aided by a few instruments?
My thoughts went along these lines: Information is nice to have, a lot of
information, is realy nice to have, but at some point, you reaches the
limmit of your brains capassity, and it (the brain) starts to block out some
of the info, to cope, allso known as "Information overload". At that point,
you don't controll what informations, that is getting through, your stressed
brain does, and that's not a good thing.
But if that FLIR is displayed on a HUD, alongside some basic info, about
speed, deccent rate, direction etc. then it might be the future in every
comercial flight, especially if it can be made to mach, what you would see
in bright daylight, on a clear day, since FLIR is not influensed by clouds,
rain, fog, and other "sight bugs".
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> Anyway, I wasn't intending to debate the pro's and con's. I just thought
> it was a neat comparison. Now we need someone to do a split-screen video
> of FS.... 
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> Steve
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Yup, it's a nice video, have seen one, where FSX was comparred to a IRL
landing, on a split screen, don't remember the link, but it was posted in
here, arround the time, when FSX was launched.
Tommy C
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