Catalogue No: | C0062 |
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Category: | Head-Down Display [HDD] |
Object Type: | Display Unit |
Object Name: | Tornado E-Scope Head-Down Display |
Part No: | Unreadable |
Serial No: | 0007 |
Manufacturer: | Marconi Avionics |
Division: | Airborne Display [ADD] |
Platform(s): | Tornado |
Year of Manufacture: | circa 1979 |
Dimensions: |
Width (mm): 140 Height (mm): 141 Depth (mm): 450 Weight (g): 5,780 |
Location: | Rack RAA08 [Main Store] |
Elliott
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Ser. No. 0007
The E-scope was fitted to the Interdictor Strike Version of the Tornado GR1. A key piece of equipment in this version is the Terrain Following Radar which feeds an automatic terrain following system. This system controls the flight path of the aircraft to a pre-set clearance height above the terrain. The computer generates a theoretical "ski-toe" shaped envelope in front of the aircraft and compares this to the actual radar terrain return. If at any point terrain is found to penetrate into the envelope an automatic pull-up command is given. The E-Scope displays the theoretical and actual envelopes so that the pilot can monitor the system at all times. While the radar information is in polar co-ordinate it is presented in a modified form on the display: the vertical axis represents antenna angle while the horizontal axis represents the logarithm of range. For the E-Scope, Marconi-Elliott Avionic Systems Limited adopted a novel technique of logarithmic processing of the range information to preserve a simpler linear X-deflection scan. The principal advantage of this approach is the efficiency resulting from the processing of low voltage signals instead of high current deflection waveforms.
The E-Scope uses a high brightness green monochrome Cathode Ray Tube with a contrast enhancement filter. This is a functional unit but currently lacks the top cover.
It would have been manufactured around 1979. An Enhanced EScope was under development around this time. (See Tornado Systems)
The E-Scope had system trials on Buccaneer XT272 in 1980 at Warton and was shoehorned into the front cockpit.