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Head Mounted Display for A-10c [Request]


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Hi guys,

 

Last weekend I was in Spangdahlem Airbase (Open House) and got some very interesting informations.

 

It seems like the A-10c pilots using the Head Mounted Display (HMD).

 

 

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Sadly I missed to ask a pilot how it is working and what he is able to do with it.

Do anybody of you know the features?

Is it possible to create a SPI on a specific point you'r looking at?

 

I don't think that ED will add this feature to the Warthog so we need a mod for it.

If we can collect as many informations as possible, maybe someone can create a good mod for this.

 

What do you mean?

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I do not think the A-10C is capable of using the JHMCS. The F-16 station at Spangdahlem AB are. I'm no expert and could not tell you for sure. But I would assume they put the helmets side by side just for display.

I assume this since the A-10 does not appear to have the sensor the JHMCS uses to detect movement and I have never seen a A-10 pilot wearing one.

No sensor on the side of the canopy

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(U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Matthew B. Fredericks)

 

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(U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nancy Hooks)

 

Here you can see the sensor on the left side of the canopy, over the pilot

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(U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Daniel Phelps)

 

Here is another look. Again left side of the canopy

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(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathan Bevier)

 

Same sensor on the F-15

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(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sergeant Tabitha Kuykendall)

 

another angle, left side of canopy.

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(U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason J. Brown)

 

With that said, JHMCS can be used as a sensor, so it can be used as SOI and it would be able to designate targets like any other SOI...AFAIK

JHMCS video at 2:32.


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To whom it may concern,

I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that.

Thank you for you patience.

 

 

Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..

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OK, I got the information from the guy on this booth, not from a pilot.

I didn't know that you need a separate sensor on the left side also.

On the photos you can't see a sensor like that.

 

BUT... Take a look:

http://www.defenseprocurementnews.com/2010/07/22/u-s-air-force-awards-raytheon-12-6-million-helmet-mounted-integrated-targeting-contract/

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On the F/A-18

http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/110728-N-NB544-273.jpg

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kyle Carlstrom/Released)

http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/110711-N-MJ491-001.jpg

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matthew Jackson/Released)

Right behind the plane captain.

http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/110710-N-EE987-288.jpg

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Shawn J. Stewart/Released)

http://www.defenselink.mil/dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2008-11/hires_081103-N-1635S-004a.jpg


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To whom it may concern,

I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that.

Thank you for you patience.

 

 

Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..

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Ok, many contracts awarded, can anyone find the news of the testing? I'm looking also

To whom it may concern,

I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that.

Thank you for you patience.

 

 

Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..

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Contracts are awarded everyday that don't end up making it on the ACFT.

 

Again, can't say 100% for spang but everyone I asked at Moody stated it isn't funded for the A-10, maybe they meant at Moody don't know. It's the same as OBOGs, we aren't getting it at Moody but Spang has it. Things like this change all the time. The A-10 has had contracts awarded and items funded multiple times for new engines (and other various mods) but they never actually happen.

 

The issue with DCS A-10C having it is that it's modeled after the Suite 3 software and we're up to Suite 7 real world. Suite 7 currently doesn't have it and suite 3 certainly didn't.


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Do you know any name of A-10C Reservs or ANG bases or FW? Maybe if we look at their sites we can find pics. Just a thought.

 

Other than Moody :D

To whom it may concern,

I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that.

Thank you for you patience.

 

 

Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..

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Dragon...from the pics (I couldn't see them at work) it looks like it was a life support display (looks like chute and possibly NVG case) so it could be an A-10 and a A-16 helmet.

 

I forgot I've got a former coworker stationed at Spang so I emailed them to see if they could give me any incite into if the A-10 is using the new helmet/display. Funny thing is a few pics I've seen from the static (VSquadron mates that went) they have big Suite 4 stickers on the jets. Like I said earlier we're upgrading to Suite 7 at Moody and no mention of this helmet yet.

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Paul, is there a major difference between Suite 3 and 7, and do you think DCS would be upgraded to be close to the real world Suite?

 

I hope DCS will not! Suite 3 is fine for me! Just by the current patches things constantly tend to change, which I find somehow contra-productive for a steep learning curve! ;)

 

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