RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE U.K. IN FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS

Abstract

Developments in panel mounted (head down) flight instruments are described. The achievement of increased integration of instrument indications together with the use of a flight director indicating demanded action by the pilot by instrumental techniques which separate the functions of sensing, computation and display are discussed. Further simplification of the pilot's task by super-position of essential elements of the instrument field on the external field, using optical projection of collimated information onto a reflector plate of the windscreen (hear up display), is also described. The addition to normal flight instrument indications of a pictorial topographical display of ground position and track by optical projection of micro colour transparencies of maps as a continuous automatic plotting facility is described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0411600

Entities

People

  • K. R. Honick

Organizations

  • AGARD

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aircrafts
  • Altimeters
  • Attitude Indicators
  • Computers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Flight Instruments
  • Flight Paths
  • Indicators
  • Light Sources
  • Mach Number
  • Measurement
  • National Security
  • Navigation
  • Pressure Gages
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Radar

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Geodesy
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Systems Analysis and Design