F-16 hud have problems reading headings

[swaps]

Hi All,

            I dont wear glasses, I will not say my eyes are perfect but I do not need glasses to drive or anything. Even if I zoom I struggle to read the heading in the HUD. I can just make it out but only just. is there any way of making it a little bigger or change colour so it stands out more ?

 

Thanks Alan

[skywalker22]

There is nothing like it that I would know.

I also have too zoom in and out constantly, even in a dogfight. So get used to it  Thats a sim, and so it should be.

ps:If you zoom all the way in, and if you still dont see the hud then, there is something seriously wrong with your eyes mate  

[AngryViper.101]

Hi, I also struggle but mostly in bright noon sunlight... It is a faint green.. 

[WHOGX5]

If you can't read the heading from the HUD or HSI you can always press LIST > 6 on the ICP to bring up the INS page on the DED which also gives you your heading. Only time I have an issue reading the heading on the HUD is if I have the sun right behind it, but during those rare occasions I simply use the HSI.

[G.J.S]

1 hour ago, WHOGX5 said:

If you can't read the heading from the HUD or HSI you can always press LIST > 6 on the ICP to bring up the INS page on the DED which also gives you your heading. Only time I have an issue reading the heading on the HUD is if I have the sun right behind it, but during those rare occasions I simply use the HSI.

This ^^^ .

OP - Dont rely solely on the HUD.

[swaps]

16 hours ago, skywalker22 said:

There is nothing like it that I would know.

I also have too zoom in and out constantly, even in a dogfight. So get used to it  Thats a sim, and so it should be.

ps:If you zoom all the way in, and if you still dont see the hud then, there is something seriously wrong with your eyes mate  

I can read everything ok apart from the heading. I think the box around it makes it worse and the font is smaller than the rest of the information displayed

13 hours ago, WHOGX5 said:

If you can't read the heading from the HUD or HSI you can always press LIST > 6 on the ICP to bring up the INS page on the DED which also gives you your heading. Only time I have an issue reading the heading on the HUD is if I have the sun right behind it, but during those rare occasions I simply use the HSI.

I am very new to this and have no idea what ICP , INS, HSI or DED are

[WHOGX5]

42 minutes ago, swaps said:

I can read everything ok apart from the heading. I think the box around it makes it worse and the font is smaller than the rest of the information displayed

I am very new to this and have no idea what ICP , INS, HSI or DED are

The ICP is the big block under the HUD with the numpad and other stuff on it, the DED is the green little screen just right of the HUD (which is controlled via the ICP), the HSI is the compass between your legs and the INS page is a subpage in the DED that you can access by press LIST followed by 6 on the ICP. And if you need to go a specific heading you can always set the course knob on the HSI to that course and just make sure that the blue course arrow on the HSI is pointing in the same direction that you're flying. Or alternatively, set a heading using the HDG knob on the HSI and turn on the autopilot with altitude and heading hold.

[swaps]

6 hours ago, WHOGX5 said:

The ICP is the big block under the HUD with the numpad and other stuff on it, the DED is the green little screen just right of the HUD (which is controlled via the ICP), the HSI is the compass between your legs and the INS page is a subpage in the DED that you can access by press LIST followed by 6 on the ICP. And if you need to go a specific heading you can always set the course knob on the HSI to that course and just make sure that the blue course arrow on the HSI is pointing in the same direction that you're flying. Or alternatively, set a heading using the HDG knob on the HSI and turn on the autopilot with altitude and heading hold.

Thanks, very helpful.

 

Alan