Pretty cool looking plane.
Pretty cool looking plane.
NASP ping.
My Olympus OM-D camera has an “electronic viewfinder” and no optical viewing of the image. It was a bit eerie buying that camera about five years ago.
I suppose scaling that up to a supersonic aircraft is a bit of a different problem.
“Way before we get to that point we have ATC [air traffic control] and ADS-B information ASSUMING the other [air traffic] is on it,” he explained.”
And then comes Harrison Ford in his Piper Cub....
Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis had no front window. He used a periscope.
Oh, for crying out loud.
If they want to speed up airline travel, here’s the solution.
Full power from takeoff to landing.
Put those hooks on the passenger jets like the Navy has.
Have em come screaming in to land at 500 mph.
THAT is how you cut some time off the flight.
“. . . unbearably loud noise . . ..”. For whom?
When I was in elementary school, our rural town was included intentionally in an extended experiment where B-58 Hustlers and smaller supersonic aircraft flew over on a daily schedule. One goal was to determine whether the populace could/would tolerate sonic booms. We thought it was cool and were not bothered in the least. Livestock seemed unfazed, too.
The Concord did mouse tests, also. My opinion is that the Convord’s biggest noise signature was from the engines themselves, not the sonic signature. I never heard it in sonic flight, but did hear it in flight. Those massive engines were loud. I believe the pilots were careful about when and where they went full power.
NASA diversity-developed system???
Hmmm...
What happens when the cameras fail?
It’s all fun and games until a speck of dust gets into it or there’s a loose wire.
I’m going to use a blindfold next time I drive to the store.
Single point of failure. what if there is a power surge and the Monitor fails ? I know they are very reliable, but still
It says there are 2 cameras, but one of them can only be used at low speed for landing, there should be a 3rd one.
What about depth perception ? how does that work with one screen
I would probably not feel comfortable piloting a device traveling 1500 mph while looking at a monitor.
But then again I don’t like throttle by wire, steering by force feedback, and a brake pedal which is not hydraulically connected to the calipers on my cars either
I am probably just a luddite
Nor did the Spirit of St Louis
Pulse jet? Does kind of look like the Aurora from a few decades back, doesn’t it?
In case of a computer shut-down, swivel the chair 180 degrees and fly the plane backwards!