[simpits-tech] Gun Sight update

[Gene Buckle]

If it's any help, when I display the symbology data through my HUD, it's
as wide as the combining glass, but the input image is only about an inch
across.

g.


On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Keenan Akin wrote:

> Just received my gun sight reflector glass from Surplus Shed.  Looks
> very nice.  However, when I tried it out, I had the same problem as with
> the plexiglas (double image).  Initially disappointed, I experimented
> around with various lenses and such and I think I may have stumbled upon
> something.  When I hold the reflector about 20 inches away from the
> reticle source and hold a fresnel lens (the cheap plastic type used for
> reading small type), the double image seems to go away.  Of course, the
> reticle image is way too big at this point.  So, my next step is to make
> a very small reticle.  This should allow me to place the lens and the
> reflector in their appropriate location and produce the correct size
> reticle reflection.  Stay tuned for developments.
>
> Keenan
>
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