Thnx for sharing! Those "fan qiang dang" are invincible!!!
Is it me or does the nose of the new prototype look crooked (curving downwards)? Is this the result of the photo-angle?
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Thnx for sharing! Those "fan qiang dang" are invincible!!!
Is it me or does the nose of the new prototype look crooked (curving downwards)? Is this the result of the photo-angle?
I think it's simply too blurred !
But let me count the prototypes ... an I correct ?
- no. 01 = 1031 ... = 1. flying prototype (now two tone blue/grey)
- no. 03 = 1033 ... = 2. flying prototype (now also painted ???)
- a grey bird seen at first on 6. July '10 ... (or is this maybe 03 ?)
- and now again a yellow one ... (could therefore be no. 3 or even 4. flying prototype)
Deino
But let me count the prototypes ... an I correct ?
- no. 01 = 1031 ... = 1. flying prototype (now two tone blue/grey)
- no. 03 = 1033 ... = 2. flying prototype (now also painted ???)
- a grey bird seen at first on 6. July '10 ... (or is this maybe 03 ?)
- and now again a yellow one ... (could therefore be no. 3 or even 4. flying prototype)
Deino
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Really? Only the F-16A?
Check this out - ,
The only in-service version with a no old analog displays would be the cockpit of the . I initially thought the F-16I Sufa would have an like cockpit but that doesn't seem to be the case....
Even The has a few 'analog displays' as you put it
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They didn't have LCD displays back in the 80s buddy.
terrorhunter
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F-16A? even the block 52s have a mixed cockpit.
These few analog gauges are just back-up displays for important things like speed, alt., vert. velocity, and it seems also flap setting or so.
A lot of planes have these. It can be tricky to fly of these, but when your displays go blank these gauges can still bring you home on a cloudy day. I wonder how all glass cockpit designs cope with the prospect of a complete electrical failure or display failures.
A lot of planes have these. It can be tricky to fly of these, but when your displays go blank these gauges can still bring you home on a cloudy day. I wonder how all glass cockpit designs cope with the prospect of a complete electrical failure or display failures.
dexy-sexy
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Like Scratch already said, analog instruments are just for backup, and pilot normally rely on data presented on HUD and MFDs, but in extreme situations it is good to have backup instruments that do not rely on electric power, and do not give false data due to software bug or EM interference. In full glass cockpit without analog backup, if blackout comes, its up to pilots skill and luck to land an aircraft.
Wouldn't planes with unstable airframes like the F-117 get screwed regardless since they need that FBY to keep the plane in the air?
dexy-sexy
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Not necessarily, sometimes it could be a software glitch, or such a failure that affects only displays, but computer responsible for control of the aircraft is still operational and responds on pilots input normaly. I'm not sure if such cases have happened to F-117, but in some commercial planes like Airbus A320 it happened several times, and pilots managed to land normally. All other electronics worked normaly, but screens were black.
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