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Overstuffed panels
This is in response to threads on FLARM and Mirasol displays which I
think relate in a general way. If you back up 100 meters and think outside the box, we've been facing restricted panel space for a long time. FLARM is just the latest gadget but it may be the proverbial "straw". A solution has been found in the airplane community - glass cockpits. Old "steam gauges" display information very inefficiently. You just don't need an 80mm dial to display altitude when a simple 5 digit numeric display and/or tape can do it much better in a quarter the space. Imagine a panel-sized tablet computer with a Mirasol display running glider-specific "glass cockpit" software. Mount the tablet in a hinged frame so it can be raised and pushed forward to reveal a few standby "steam gauges" for use if the electronics go belly-up. Since the glass cockpit is merely software, it can be updated and tailored to any pilots desires. Instead of new gadgets, you add new software features. The display can change with a push of a stick mounted button to emphasize moving maps or whatever is important at the moment. Fortunately, the requisite "air-data" sensors are available to feed the computer. Of course, there will be strenuous objections but they'll be essentially the same ones heard in the airplane community before glass took over. |
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