Noted...but I'm probably missing your point...found this note the master arm switch on the left side in the f-14d a bit above the standby gyro
Noted...but I'm probably missing your point...found this note the master arm switch on the left side in the f-14d a bit above the standby gyro
As much as these things undoubtedly cost, is there really no way that a factory-finish white reflective surface with clear coat on it can't be done? The hand-taping is kind of like brush painting your otherwise "cherry" 1963 Corvette...Little preview of the JSF helmet.
its inconvient for the pilot to reach over to the right side to select master arm on. on the left side he can just reach up with his left hand and still hang onto the stick with his right
Is this a "laudatory" comment about the HMI in the F-14 because something else you may have flown was somehow otherwise? Serious question...not slapping back at you.its inconvient for the pilot to reach over to the right side to select master arm on. on the left side he can just reach up with his left hand and still hang onto the stick with his right
Fellow "AirWarrior" Helolumpy has kindly nudged me that my remarks above may be taken for other than what I intended...
If you are wearing "any headgear" emblematic of service to our Nation...be it a protective cranial device (aircrew, flight deck, Kevlar), a beret, a "Dixie Cup", a ship's/squadron ballcap, or whatever...I salute each and every one of you. Did NOT mean to sound elitist....except on the side of those who CHOOSE to wear the cloth of their nation...when none of you had to.
Thanks, Lumpy...spot on advice.
Above my pay grade. I would guess part time is a safe assumption (just like everything else we do), but then again, HSM is doing all of the ASW now, so that does free up some training cycles for HSC CVW to become better shooters. I know there is still a big discussion about NCEA -- the outcome of that should give you a good idea about how serious Big Navy is about us being gunslingers.A legit question. Also not intending to be snarky: are y'all going to be full-time Gunslingers or just part-time? I'm assuming the latter. Safe assumption?
I never actually refused to wear a helmet on any of my P-3 flights UNTIL...
Preface this story with the fact that as a P-3 backender, we never got helmet covers!
After an extended "patrol" mission over a Pacific-rim-ish country we landed at a small outlying field in the middle of nowhere to fuel from a big bladder protected by marines. My TacCo(no offense) got on ICS and stated "Chief, make sure you wear your helmet for protection down there in case the bad guys start shooting". I responded "Understand you want me to wear a helmet covered in reflective tape...at night...where people may very well WANT to shoot at me?"
It's the Optimized TopOwl helmet by Thales. Not just Cobras, Hueys use them as well.
It's beefy in the back because of magnetic tracking, so the helicopter knows where you are looking. It's beefy in the front because the sun visor goes over the display module.
The original one was a little sleeker, but it didn't work too well in the NVG NOE environment, this is the compromise that lets you use ANVS-9's.
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This is the original. All the virtual HUD stuff was displayed on the whole visor instead of a smaller display module.