AW: AW: [simpits-tech] Head Up Display pics...

[Marc Weigert]

Hello Gene and Enrico,

thanx alot for your fast replies!!

Gene, your words made me remember that a friend of mine won a A-7 HUD
(without the combining glass) on eBay  for about $70. He offered it to me
and we did agree to wait until the package arrives over here (Germany). If I
go for this deal, this should put me in a good starting position.

Are there special characteristics that the combining glass should have???
Your drawing was excellent and did help me alot to better express myself
within this email!!!

What is an "F-16C UFC" if I may ask? ;) Excuse me, but I am still quite new
to this :) Alot to learn within the coming months/years...

As I have the cockpit experts at hand here: does anyone of you have a
picture that shows the cockpit of the F-16 AFTI in the early years? I
obtained a MFD (photo:
http://www.flugzeugforum.de/forum/attachment.php?s=cd3727d6b1677aee26314468f
2fa00af&postid=36328) that came from the F-16 AFTI and there is just one bad
image that I could find in a book, showing the MFD built into the cockpit:
http://www.flugzeugforum.de/forum/attachment.php?s=cd3727d6b1677aee26314468f
2fa00af&postid=38081 (shows the right MFD, there must also have been one on
the left hand side).
I first thought of modifying my F-16A panels to suit this modification, but
I think it is better if I go for the standard version ;)

Thank you for all your help!

Cheers,


Marc




> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> Von: simpits-tech-admin@simpits.org
> [mailto:simpits-tech-admin@simpits.org]Im Auftrag von Gene Buckle
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 5. Februar 2002 18:49
> An: simpits-tech@simpits.org
> Betreff: Re: AW: [simpits-tech] Head Up Display pics...
>
>
> >
> > someone asked the question before, but it left unanswered: can a normal
> > human being build a HUD for a simpit, or is this almost
> impossible?? I just
> > started with my F-16A project last September, trying my best
> now to get one
> > instrument and one panel after the other. A working F-16A HUD just slit
> > through my fingers when I started my cockpit interest - another
> guy was a
> > few days quicker and got it for US$ 600 !!!!! A nightmare :(
> >
> Ouch.  That's too bad!
>
> > Do you know if these HUDs are available somewhere, or did
> anyone build one
> > yourself??
>
> The HUDs that Matt & I use are surplus A7 HUDs.  They're built by Canada
> Marconi.  This model was also used in very early A model F-16s.  Matt's
> HUD has been upgraded with an F-16C UFC that he mounted himself.
>
> I think that if you experiment with some lenses & mirrors, you could come
> up with a usable HUD without too much trouble.  The combining glass in my
> HUD is a bit over 1/4" thick - you should be able to pick this up from a
> local glass supplier fairly cheaply.
>
> here is how I think my HUD is built (I don't know exactly what is inside
> the optics chamber)
>
> - = light
> | = light
> L = lens
> M = mirror
> C = combining glass
>
>
>             C
>              C
>               C
>                C
>          LLLLLLL
>             |
>       L     |M
> ------L-----M
>       L    M
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> g.
>
>
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