"Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire" (arch-duke-maxyenko) 12/03/2019 at 22:18 • Filed to: None

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HammerheadFistpunch > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 12/03/2019 at 22:37

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How anyone could see enough to fly that thing is a mystery.  

ttyymmnn > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 12/03/2019 at 22:40

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Now, compare and contrast with the F-35. Notice that there isn’t a single steam gauge, not even an artificial horizon or a compass.

MrDakka > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 12/03/2019 at 22:41

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That’s my wallpaper on my work PC because I like to pretend I’m piloting an A-12 juking Soviet SA-2s over the skies of East Germany instead of piloting a desk juking program meeting requests

user314 > HammerheadFistpunch 12/03/2019 at 22:59

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Remember the line from Hunt for Red October about flying in a plane with no windows? Yeah. 

HammerheadFistpunch > user314 12/03/2019 at 23:11

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I’m the Alps?

Sammyno55 > ttyymmnn 12/03/2019 at 23:58

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That's a cockpit I know! I work on the PCD (primary cockpit display) program for that airframe. 

ttyymmnn > Sammyno55 12/04/2019 at 00:04

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Cool! Got any top secret stuff you can share?

Sammyno55 > ttyymmnn 12/04/2019 at 00:08

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Sure, there's a good chance I probably touched that display in the photo. Otherwise, no good stuff to share. 

ttyymmnn > Sammyno55 12/04/2019 at 06:04

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As I said in my original comment, I was surprised that there wasn’t a single analog gauge in that plane. Had a long talk with an F-35 driver at an air show a couple of years ago. Really sharp guy, but not the gung ho fighter jock with the F-22. He said that if everything goes tits up there’s a battery that will power the screen basically long enough so you can point the jet towards home and punch out. 

facw > HammerheadFistpunch 12/04/2019 at 07:32

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I mean their heads w ould have been a little higher up than in the image. Not a ton, but it looks like they (barely) should have been able to see over the “dash”:

Somewhat better side visibility too

facw > ttyymmnn 12/04/2019 at 07:34

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Strikes me as good as long as the computers aren’t crashing randomly, F-22 style. I find that cover on the flight stick weird and creepy though.