Head tracker symbol?

[vctpil]

Hi,

I would like to know the purpose of the head tracker symbol (the broken losange) appearing on throught the IHADSS.

On Wags videos, the symbol does not move with the sight, but seems to be aligned with the helicopter datum line.

So, my question is : why is it call a head tracker? For boresight?

Thanks,

Vincent

[Wags]

It simply orients the pilot to the nose of the aircraft. Given the non-stabilized nature of the HDU, and even more so at night, it can be easy to lose nose-reference. This helps maintain that reference, and it can be used as an aiming reference.

Kind regards,

Matt

[vctpil]

I have read on the manual that the range of the display is 30° vertically and 40° horizontally, so, at a certain point, the symbol will not be displayed anymore. If I understand correctly, I think that is easy to lose the nose-reference anyway. That's sound not really clear for me (as real civil pilot).

I suppose that will be more understandable when the module will be available.

Thanks a lot for the answer and thanks to the team for this fantastic module.

[Sinclair_76]

16 hours ago, vctpil said:

I have read on the manual that the range of the display is 30° vertically and 40° horizontally, so, at a certain point, the symbol will not be displayed anymore. If I understand correctly, I think that is easy to lose the nose-reference anyway. That's sound not really clear for me (as real civil pilot).

I suppose that will be more understandable when the module will be available.

Thanks a lot for the answer and thanks to the team for this fantastic module.

You can if you out FXD as acquisition source. It will the provide cueing dots to the head tracker around your LOS symbol.

[AvroLanc]

19 hours ago, vctpil said:

I have read on the manual that the range of the display is 30° vertically and 40° horizontally, so, at a certain point, the symbol will not be displayed anymore. If I understand correctly, I think that is easy to lose the nose-reference anyway. That's sound not really clear for me (as real civil pilot).

I suppose that will be more understandable when the module will be available.

Thanks a lot for the answer and thanks to the team for this fantastic module.

The 30 x 40 display range is kinda enough because the display is on your head. You know roughly which way your head is orientated with respect of your seating position and the body of the aircraft.....roughly until you get within those limits. If you're looking 90 degrees left it's obvious. Once you're only 20 degrees or so away from centre, it's much harder to judge head position, especially at night. 

[Dannyvandelft]

The 30 x 40 display range is kinda enough because the display is on your head. You know roughly which way your head is orientated with respect of your seating position and the body of the aircraft.....roughly until you get within those limits. If you're looking 90 degrees left it's obvious. Once you're only 20 degrees or so away from centre, it's much harder to judge head position, especially at night. 

That's why you cross reference with your left eye in the cockpit I'm assuming.

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