F-35 Cockpit
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F-35 Cockpit
Wow.
Pretty darn neat! Thanks for sharing Viper.
Reminds me of when the Gripen was first built back in the late 80's and the cockpit looked like the Starship Enterprice of its time with three huge MFD's. This cockpit has to be one of the coolest I've seen yet though, can't wait to build a pit like that at home one day (when the Tbirds switch to 35's some 10-15 years from now... ).
Is there a related article @ Code One Magazine?
Reminds me of when the Gripen was first built back in the late 80's and the cockpit looked like the Starship Enterprice of its time with three huge MFD's. This cockpit has to be one of the coolest I've seen yet though, can't wait to build a pit like that at home one day (when the Tbirds switch to 35's some 10-15 years from now... ).
Is there a related article @ Code One Magazine?
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Don't some of the Extra 300 canopies open that way?TWC_Cobra wrote:Great shot. Interesting way that the canopy folds... can anyone think of another aircraft that does it like that?
In anycase it looks like they switched to this type of design to elliminate the det cord on the canopy. If a canopy hinges on the side or slides fore/aft (like a harrier pit) then they have to use plastic explosive cord to blow a hole in the canopy glass for ejection. The YF-35 had a side hinge design until recently.
It is a helmet mounted system. That said you'd be surprised at how small HUDs can get. Also, I don't know the reasoning for vidsibility, but consider the designed use of the F35. I'm pretty sure it's not designed for dogfighting, more standoff long range, so in theory rear visibility might not be relevant.
FighterOps boards: F-35 Helmet threadMach327 wrote:No HUD?
or am I blind?
Assuming I'm not blind, the pilots would probably use a helmet mounted display...
It has some funny references too, comparing it to the Darth Vader's wingmen in "Star Wars" and also being built for "Hellboy"...
So true Gunner, so true! The F-16 cockpit is just plain awesome as it is, but the MFD's in the F-35 are pretty cool. Look at both side-by-side and see the drastic reduction in switches on the side panels Most are incorporated into the touch-screen MFD's. That's another thing I love about the F-16s pit, switches everywhere!Gunner wrote:Sure would be easier to replicate a pit like that... but I love the F-16's steam gauges.
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