On 11/6/04 10:41, in article , "Scott
Seders" wrote:

Woody wrote:

Most of the 2-seaters in existence now are still coupled cockpits.

Pardon my ignorance, but what is meant by "coupled cockpits"?

Scott Seders



Scott,

The current F/A-18B/D/F have "coupled" cockpits which means that even though
the pilot and WSO can independently select displays for their respective
Digital Display Indicators (DDI's), whatever the WSO does to his radar
attack display (for example) will also happen to the pilot's radar attack
display in the front. They are "coupled" from front to back cockpit.

Decoupled means that the pilot could be working an air-to-air problem with
the radar while the WSO works an air-to-ground targeting problem.

--Woody