"Mike You’re making a fool of yourself. It is about to be 2016 not 1916."
Wow , strong language John! Take it easy. Fortunately Mike is up to it and will likely take it in his stride. On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 2:40 PM, John Roake <[email protected]> wrote: > On 14/12/15 2:59 PM, "BORGELT_MIKE" <[email protected]> > wrote: Our reply hereunder: > > Mike > > You’re making a fool of yourself. It is about to be 2016 not 1916. > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > At 08:53 AM 12/14/2015, you wrote: > > > GLIDING INTERNATIONAL > ISSUE JANUARY 2015 > > > > > • You can now buy a heads-up-display for your sailplane for as low as > $259. Gliding International challenges gilder instrument manufacturers to > make their products compatible. This ‘heads in the cockpit’ eliminator > should be compulsory for all sailplanes writes Joseph Carr, the new writer > to join our competent team at Gliding International. > > > > We already have a "head in the cockpit" eliminator for gliders. It is > called audio, which in combination with attitude by looking outside, works > fine. > If you aren't already looking outside you are missing the information that > will help your cross country soaring - the clouds, the ground, other > gliders, aircraft etc. > > Borgelt Instruments is also working on a new pilot interface which isn't a > HUD or Head mounted display and which will be much more unobtrusive. > > I have a friend who flys the ARH Tiger helicopter with a helmet mounted > display. Great thing for the purpose but he told me he's aware of some US > Navy research where pilots picked up uncued targets about 88% of the time > without a HUD and 8% when looking through a HUD. Human vision isn't so > much about "seeing" as it is about "perceiving". > > When I say "uncued" I mean that there isn't a little square box in the HUD > framing where to look for the target put their by the radar and or infrared > sensors of that aircraft or others that are datalinked to it.. > > Mike > > > *Borgelt Instruments* - > *design & manufacture of quality soaring instrumentation since 1978 * > www.borgeltinstruments.com > <http://www.borgeltinstruments.com/> tel: 07 4635 5784 overseas: > int+61-7-4635 5784 > mob: 042835 5784 : int+61-42835 5784 > P O Box 4607, Toowoomba East, QLD 4350, Australia > ------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > >
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