I share your wariness, Chris. I’ve never been enamoured of totally glass
cockpits, and RAF pilots are now trained on the Hawk T2, which has a HUD as
well as a glass cockpit.
Mind you, vacuum-operated artificial horizons were fraught with risk, as I
understand it. If you had a leak in the supply from the engine you could have
an insidious failure of the instrument, a failure which could easily cause
disorientation in cloud etc . . .
Chris
> On 9 Aug 15, at 16:32, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>> That would have been nice 50 yrs ago. This guy is about 2 generations
>> advanced from your choices, with 180 hp, glass panel, etc.
>>
>
> No glass panels ever! That was my single objection to the C-130J. I'm
> not at all comfortable with an all-electronic instrument panel. Nice in
> fighters where weight is a consideration or if you are enamoured with
> razzle-dazzle technology. Flat-screen radar displays, yes. All you need is
> a small EMP blast and your instrumentation is toast.
>
> I still have the suction-operated artificial horizon. Found it in a
> large lot of Taylorcraft parts which my dad bought that was found in a hangar
> loft.
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