On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 22:08:44 -0400, David wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > ..Burt Rutan wrote an article on this very idea in EAA Experimenter > > about 10 years ago. The remaining bits missing, is, radar drivers, > > radar to visual etc models, and a radar echo integrator to build the > > seen scenery and "the virtual antenna" track, and radar-to-radar > > communication, to share seen sceneries, "to see around the > > mountain". ;-) > > The technology has matured a lot since then. > > A mode S transponder will feed the location of other aircraft to a > multifunction display (MFD), which will then superimpose the positions > over a moving map with elevation information, taking your own position > from a GPS receiver like the Garmin 430. At the same time, a > Stormscope 950 will feed weather information from up to 200 nm away to > the MFD, which will draw possible thunderstorms on top of the same > map. I could have all of this in my Warrior, today, if I were willing > to drop about USD 50-60K--that's about the resale value of my entire > plane, but it's a lot cheaper and more realistic than it would have > been 10 years ago, and is pretty-much standard in the few new planes > now sold each year. > > Presumably, the mode S transponder, GPS, and Stormscope could just as > easily feed into a FlightGear-based display on a tablet PC, if you > didn't mind a few wires across your lap. ..bluetooth or wifi weeds that weed. ;-) Call me paranoid, I prefer to carry an onboard radar too, not just rely on the ground radar etc, yes, it's another point of failure, in pretty much the same way the Ju52-3m has a 3 times bigger chance of a flame-out as the early single engined Ju52-1m. > > ..the remainder is AFAICT, a trivial adaption of FlightGear, > > and a somewhat less trivial certification. ;-) > > No certification is required unless the equipment is permanently > attached to the airplane. FlightGear running on a tablet PC strapped > to your lap, for extra situational awareness, would be fine. I > wouldn't want to be so crowded myself, but maybe some day ... ..exactly. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
