At 15:06 27 May 2013, son_of_flubber wrote:
On Monday, May 27, 2013 10:37:32 AM UTC-4, Bill D wrote:
On Monday, May 27, 2013 8:23:07 AM UTC-6, John
Galloway wrote:

Surely this device should be a complete non-starter in a
glider



cockpit as it give a fixed blind spot in the right lateral
visual



field.







Nope, It's a "see-through" display.

The solid bar that supports the 'see through display' blocks
some
peripheral vision.

I don't think that this will stop everyone from using it because
some
people already fly with big vision blocking hat brims. A hat
brim would
probably help keep the screen from "washing out" in direct
sunlight.

Unlike a hat brim the obstruction from the support bar is directly
at pupil level and the closeness to the eye means that even a
narrow obstruction will subtend an angle large enough to cause
a significant lateral blind spot. Most gliders on a collision
course are most likely to be level with oneself. This is a crazy
idea and to allow pilots to use it would be similar to allowing
flying with visual field defects.