gonk Posted September 21, 2018 Posted September 21, 2018 Is all the anti-glare coating missing from the MFD's ? Or do the MFD's look that bad with some sunlight on them IRL? Just looking at the modelled switches, knobs and joystick the aircraft looks very old... So do the displays.. Does the Hornet MFD's have an Auto brightness sensor? Just curious... Intel Intel Core i7-8086K 32 Gig RAM 1 Tb Nvme SSD EVGA 1080Ti Win 10 64 Pro LG 34UM95 34 inch Monitor Track IR 5 Oculus Rift HOTAS Warthog...mod'd TDC SIMPEDS Pedals
Buckeye Posted September 21, 2018 Posted September 21, 2018 Just looking at the modelled switches, knobs and joystick the aircraft looks very old... So do the displays.. It's a Legacy Hornet, all of which have been retired from Naval service at this point...so yeah, they are old and look it. Rig: SimLab P1X Chassis | Tianhang Base PRO + Tianhang F-16 Grip w/ OTTO Buttons | Custom Throttletek F/A-18C Throttle w/ Hall Sensors + OTTO switches and buttons | Slaw Device RX Viper Pedals w/ Damper Tactile: G-Belt | 2x BK LFE + 1x BK Concert | 2x TST-429 | 1x BST-300EX | 2x BST-1 | 6x 40W Exciters | 2x NX3000D | 2x EPQ304 PC/VR: Somnium VR1 Visionary | 4090 | 12700K
gonk Posted September 21, 2018 Author Posted September 21, 2018 (edited) It's a Legacy Hornet, all of which have been retired from Naval service at this point...so yeah, they are old and look it. We are still using A's& B's down here...:-). I have not work on one for over 14 years... Cannot recall what the displays looked like in the sun.. Mostly did preflights, after flights, and maintenance in the hangars.... But I am sure someone who is current can comment...I don't trust my recollection..:-) Edited September 21, 2018 by gonk Intel Intel Core i7-8086K 32 Gig RAM 1 Tb Nvme SSD EVGA 1080Ti Win 10 64 Pro LG 34UM95 34 inch Monitor Track IR 5 Oculus Rift HOTAS Warthog...mod'd TDC SIMPEDS Pedals
EchoBravo Posted September 21, 2018 Posted September 21, 2018 In direct sunlight they are really hard to read. I used to work on the C/D model. Even with the display on bright, can be difficult to read. We had one model that even had micro finch for the center DDI map display.
gonk Posted September 21, 2018 Author Posted September 21, 2018 In direct sunlight they are really hard to read. I used to work on the C/D model. Even with the display on bright, can be difficult to read. We had one model that even had micro finch for the center DDI map display. Rgr.. The old moving map was film on the ones I work on.. :thumbup: Intel Intel Core i7-8086K 32 Gig RAM 1 Tb Nvme SSD EVGA 1080Ti Win 10 64 Pro LG 34UM95 34 inch Monitor Track IR 5 Oculus Rift HOTAS Warthog...mod'd TDC SIMPEDS Pedals
Eldur Posted September 21, 2018 Posted September 21, 2018 In direct sunlight they are really hard to read. I used to work on the C/D model. Even with the display on bright, can be difficult to read. We had one model that even had micro finch for the center DDI map display. With just some horse sense... it's 2018 and mankind still hasn't been smart enough to be able to create displays that are readable at all in direct sunlight in case of notebooks, tablets or smartphones, the latter of which are exposed to these conditions quite often, frankly. So yeah, it's highly valid that we have problems reading old monochrome DDIs under sunlight.
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