On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 09:44:42 -0000, "Richard Bytheway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I seeing on TV recently that they have only recently added full computer >stabilisation to the Harrier. They had the presenter of the program (a >qualified military pilot, but not on the Harrier) flying a two-seater. >There was a switch to choose hover or normal flight, in hover mode the >throttle controlled elevation and the stick was slip/slide direction >control (much like the cyclic in a helicopter), in "regular" mode, the >throttle did speed, and the stick did pitch and roll as usual. >The comment was that this would leave the pilot more time to see, and >deal with, other things like finding targets and staying alive. <snip> This is the VAAC Harrier and not (AFAIK) anything that's operational. http://beyond2000.com/news/Jun_01/story_1171.html DERA is now the government owned company QinetiQ (who run VAAC on behalf of MOD) and DSTL, the bit that remained in the Civil Service[1]. Rick [1] This is the bit I ended up in. -- David Farrent and Dougie O'Hara on the Cold War role of the ROC: 'What a world of sorrow is hidden in those few words - "[Post attack] crew changes would have been based on crew availability."' _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
