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What are the current NVD's for helos?
- Thread starter zimm17
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You... don't want to know (NSFW).What’s an NVD?
Somewhere there are a few people squinting at that picture, hoping that the serial number is scratched out.
Well...we did have that RASTy cable/winch gizmo...which was chock full of fabulousity.
Like Gator said we still use AN/AVS-9s. The OMNI upgrade is meh. We had some sets when they started to hit the fleet 3+ years ago. Some low light performance is better, but for general use (especially around the boat) the OMNIs are actually worse.
Both are -9. Difference is in the ion barrier film. Omni IV vs Omni VI. Omni VI has thinner IBF which improves low light performance, specifically halo sizes are significantly smaller yet more intense. Look at your goggles, if they have 4949R (can’t remember equivalent for HUD aircraft) they are Omni IV. If they have 4949VG they are OMNI VI.
Learned it between trips to the Indian casino while in Yuma for NITE Lab course.
Learned it between trips to the Indian casino while in Yuma for NITE Lab course.
For a point of comparison, flying with the Omni VI in an urban environment is absolutely incredible. Halos are virtually non-existent (reality is they are just much, much smaller) which greatly improves the ability to visually track something through a town/alleys/on a road. I have also noticed a definite decrease in scintillation during the low/zero moon nights.
An interesting side note, I was working with some 3rd batt 160th guys recently and they were all still flying with the ANVIS-6s.
Meanwhile, on the civilian side (both tactical and aviation), you can get OMNI VIII w/ or without white phosphor imaging. The WP with an OMNI VIII is pretty amazing. The one time I've looked through them at a regular sodium light on a hangar, it was like looking at it normally, just monochromatic.
I can't prove it, but I believe I was flying with either OMNI VI or VIIIs in August (they were L3s and apparently not out in the "fleet" at the company I work at). They were MUCH better operating around an airport. I could look at a runway light and still see. The VASI was still epically bright, but overall, it was an improvement in that kind of environment.
I can't prove it, but I believe I was flying with either OMNI VI or VIIIs in August (they were L3s and apparently not out in the "fleet" at the company I work at). They were MUCH better operating around an airport. I could look at a runway light and still see. The VASI was still epically bright, but overall, it was an improvement in that kind of environment.
The Navy is apparently getting serious about the Omni VIII goggles. Not for sure what that means in terms of actually making it to the fleet, but the conversations/science projects have started.