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NEW Realistic HUD for the Hornet
Sludge:
James...
Sorry I havent been working on this much lately. The only one Ive done is the CS F/A-18D, and its done pretty much as good as the default Hornet. Just getting used to the added weight of weapons and a centerline fuel tank. I would post numbers to add to the panel.cfg but they are very similar to yours, so no use doing that.
I will get to flying both the F-14 and the T-45 this weekend and see how the HUD holds up with these planes. In my testing, I usually input the numbers to the panel and get it up and running. Then I do some FLCPs at the field, and see how it holds up for correllation. I measure by plane lengths (ie, HUD v/vector touchdown point vs. MLG touchdown). After that, I take it out for carrier touch-n-go's to see how it responds. So far, the best is the new VC HUD in the default Hornet with a "less than half-a-plane length" difference, followed closely by the fullscreen HUD w/a "half a plane length" difference.
I guess this will be "flight test weekend" for me. As it is cold out and need to save money for Christmas, no big deal.
Later
Sludge
JamesChams:
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I will get to flying both the F-14 and the T-45 this weekend and see how the HUD holds up with these planes. In my testing, I usually input the numbers to the panel and get it up and running. Then I do some FLCPs at the field, and see how it holds up for correllation. I measure by plane lengths (ie, HUD v/vector touchdown point vs. MLG touchdown). After that, I take it out for carrier touch-n-go's to see how it responds. So far, the best is the new VC HUD in the default Hornet with a "less than half-a-plane length" difference, followed closely by the fullscreen HUD w/a "half a plane length" difference.
I guess this will be "flight test weekend" for me....
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Thank you Mr. Christian "Sludge" Snow!
All your hard work and, the rest of the Team's, is much appreciated by all. Please feel free to tweak anything I've posted to better it for everyone's use.
Thanks again. :)
Sludge:
James...
Got some bad news for ya. I'm DONE with the Tomcat. Dont like how it feels, handles, or how the HUD looks in the glass. Its almost impossible to keep correllated without being able to read other necessary instruments and in general is NO FUN to fly. I was zoomed in at 1.0 and at best in my inital tests, I was at least 3 plane lengths difference in the all-important "v/vector to MLG touchdown" correlation ratio and I have no idea how to make it better.
Im gonna stick with the CS F/A-18D and enjoy that bird for a while. Will get back to you with results there.
Again, sorry but I just felt nothing but frustration working with the Dino Tomcat.
Later
Sludge
SpazSinbad:
Sludge, Possibly the Goshawk T-45C has better flight characteristics - especially for stepping up later to Hornet etc for carrier landings.
SpazSinbad:
Here is a HUD graphic from Super Hornet NATOPS - apparently the post about the FREE NATOPS 36Mb PDF download was not acceptable? NEUTRINO: Finally got to look at the HD video at your first post on this thread on the first page (had only dialup speed for awhile). What a great video - especially liked the super fast day carrier landing circuit [turn off the G effects :-) ]. OUTSTANDING!
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