Remote thermal detection

Really, why is that? Not that this applies to you, but I have noticed that when new technology comes along so do the naysayers, GPS, Flarm, stealth Flarm, "entertainment system computers..." "This is the end of our sport"....

Having been an offshore sailor and glider pilot for many years, I can tell you that whatever you invent, it will still take a sharp mind and earned skills to guide an airplane or sailboat using just the energy in the atmosphere.

Personally, I want a Hud projected onto the canopy.


On Friday, September 30, 2016 at 6:33:01 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On Friday, September 30, 2016 at 6:21:27 AM UTC-5, Tony wrote:
Awesome I can't wait!!

Here comes the end of this world as we know it.

On Friday, September 30, 2016 at 12:17:59 PM UTC-7, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
Personally, I want a Hud projected onto the canopy.

The view outside is too beautiful to mess it up with overlays :-) I want 3D audio and a big bright screen that covers the whole panel.

If a short range LIDAR can detect a thermal ahead, then initiating a pull up before entering the lift might prove advantageous. A bit longer range and it will be possible to make small course corrections while flying slowly in areas of lift.

5Z

A HUD would be cool, but don't you think it would be a bit of a problem, or annoyance, keeping track of the towplane on tow, finding oncoming traffic, especially on the ridge, and obstructing part of your view in general? i mean it's a cool idea, but is it practical?

On Friday, September 30, 2016 at 3:17:59 PM UTC-4, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
Really, why is that? Not that this applies to you, but I have noticed that when new technology comes along so do the naysayers, GPS, Flarm, stealth Flarm, "entertainment system computers..." "This is the end of our sport".....

Having been an offshore sailor and glider pilot for many years, I can tell you that whatever you invent, it will still take a sharp mind and earned skills to guide an airplane or sailboat using just the energy in the atmosphere.

Personally, I want a Hud projected onto the canopy.


On Friday, September 30, 2016 at 6:33:01 AM UTC-7, wrote:
On Friday, September 30, 2016 at 6:21:27 AM UTC-5, Tony wrote:
Awesome I can't wait!!

Here comes the end of this world as we know i

On Monday, October 3, 2016 at 8:12:38 AM UTC-5, ND wrote:
A HUD would be cool, but don't you think it would be a bit of a problem, or annoyance, keeping track of the towplane on tow, finding oncoming traffic, especially on the ridge, and obstructing part of your view in general? i mean it's a cool idea, but is it practical?

It's really not a HUD that you want, it's a HMD (Helmet Mounted Display) - now being used in most fighters (look up JHMCS). A HUD only covers a small piece of sky in front of you - it's really just a fancy gunsight. A HMD is more like a super Google Glass - puts the appropriate data in front of your eyes wherever you are looking. So for example, in a hypothetical glider-optimized BHMD (Bucket Hat Mounted Display), you would see airspeed, altitude, vario, heading, a pointer to the next turnpoint, reachable airfields, FLARM and ADS-B aircraft, etc; essentially you never have to look down into the cockpit.

With the head tracking tech used for VR, it's not really too far fetched - but we may need bigger canopies to fit over our helmets!

Kirk
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