LKF: All but 7 of the 1800+ F-35 flights to date (including the nighttime refueling ones) were done with VSI’s helmet.

The cameras themselves work just fine and provide near 20/20 visual acuity. The part that was having the problem (I did say “was” because many of the issues VSI “was” having are already fixed) was displaying that video image in the helmet and did not affect the mission computer’s ability to use EODAS info.

btw, My cellphone has an 8mp camera, so if EODAS does half that I will be happy. 😉

One thing that the NG did was to move the main landing gear to outer blisters. They then put two fuel tanks into where the gear used to retract.

That is the definition of an SDD program.

Sure, you can throw a God’s Eye View of what the DAS is seeing on the panel. But how do you display range when you don’t always know what it is (or with different degrees of confidence)? How do you show elevation?

The 360 video display of EODAS imagery in the HMD is more of a navigational aid than anything else. The real core of it’s capabilities (auto tracking of WVR stuff, MLD.MAWS, etc) is all handled automatically and does not depend on what helmet is being worn. BAE’s temp helmet will still provide HUD info, cuing, and NVG capability.

I never said the problem solved, just that there is already a fix in the works.

Hey, where are the sources for the body-lift stuff you were selling us a few pages back? You went all quiet on that (probably because the source is a gamer on a fan page).

I don’t have time at work and my home laptop is on the fritz until I can get a new one next month to do detailed research.

It takes longer to develop planes because they are more complex and we don’t accept loss of life if it can be prevented. This is why you will not see planes going supersonic, no fancy maneuvers, etc on their first few flights.

Lack of ca$h?