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2 glass HUD question
Alan Dicey wrote in
: B2431 wrote: I notice some HUDs have 2 glasses. How does this work without reflections from the second one and interferance from the first? Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired Put simply, a dual combiner increases the vertical field of view of the HUD symbology. The sheets of glass in front of the pilot are called combiners: they combine the HUD display symbology (projected from beneath by a very bright CRT and some big lenses) with the pilots forward view by reflecting the symbols projected from a very bright CRT under the glareshield. http://www.cmcelectronics.ca/En/Prod...hud_nthawk_faq _en.html http://www.mikesflightdeck.com/head_up_displays.htm The combiners are cleverly-engineered partial reflectors. The simplest design is just a semi-silvered mirror. The pilots view of the outside world is dimmed a little, but the HUD symbology is overlaid onto the pilots Field of View (FoV), reflected from below. More advanced combiners use dichroic coatings to partially reflect only the narrow set of wavelengths emitted by the (usually green) crt tube. All other light is passed straight through, resulting in a brighter real-world view (important in bad weather, dusk or night operations). The surfaces that are not meant to reflect are given anti-reflection coatings to minimise the ghost images. From the pilots point of view, the two combiners are one on top of the other, hence the increase in the vertical FoV. A single combiner would need too much space above the glareshield and behind the windscreen, and need a truly enormous final condensing lens in the CRT projection optics. I wonder if LCD projection optics will replace the vacuum tube CRT? And maybe LEDs for a light source? -- Jim Yanik jyanik-at-kua.net |
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