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Paper Abstract
Providing pilots with direct external visibility may not be possible or
desireable in the next generation of aircraft. The drive to increase performance
will result in highly swept, low drag forebody designs inconsistent with forward
looking windows. Future tactical aircraft may have to enclose pilots in
windowless cockpits in order to protect them from threats. Visibility as a
design variable is not a new problem, but the solutions of the past have often
been brute force approaches that impart significant weight penalties on vehicle
design. This paper discusses the design and flight testing of an electronic
visibility system concept developed by McDonnell Douglas that provides a low
weight, high reliability, flexible alternative approach to providing pilots with
external vision.
Paper Details
Date Published: 1 October 1990
PDF: 12 pages
Proc. SPIE 1290, Helmet-Mounted Displays II, (1 October 1990); doi: 10.1117/12.20959
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 1290:
Helmet-Mounted Displays II
Ronald J. Lewandowski, Editor(s)
PDF: 12 pages
Proc. SPIE 1290, Helmet-Mounted Displays II, (1 October 1990); doi: 10.1117/12.20959
Show Author Affiliations
Mark S. Rolwes, McDonnell Douglas Corp. (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 1290:
Helmet-Mounted Displays II
Ronald J. Lewandowski, Editor(s)
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