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"Helmet system replaces heads-up display on F-35s"
Benjamin Gawert wrote: Well, the difference is not *that* huge. The only thing that is done in the F-35 is to move the complete display part from the HUD to the HMDS (which IMHO does make sense, I wonder why this hasn't been done before already). It all got started in South Africa of all places; they hooked the tracking systems of their Kukri IR AAMs into the helmet so that the pilot only had to look at the target to slew the optics of the missiles around and let them lock onto it. From that point forward, it was simply a matter of getting the mass of the helmet down to the point where it wouldn't snap the pilot's neck if he had to eject, while adding more and more to its capabilities. I'm sure our Huey gunner's helmets with their automated gun-slewing mechanisms also played a big part in the overall history; but you don't pull high Gs in a Huey unless you crash. Pat |
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