Catalogue No: | C0022 |
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Category: | Head-Up Display [HUD] |
Object Type: | Display Unit |
Object Name: | F-5 Pilot's Display Unit |
Part No: | 79-090-03 |
Serial No: | None |
Manufacturer: | GEC Avionics |
Division: | Airborne Display [ADD] |
Platform(s): | F-5 |
Year of Manufacture: | circa 1988 |
Dimensions: |
Width (mm): 140 Height (mm): 295 Depth (mm): 680 Weight (g): 8,600 |
Location: | Rack RAA14 (HUD DUs) [Mezzanine Store] |
Pilot's Display Unit
Contract F09603-84-G-1438
Dsgn Act K0656
PN 79-090-03
Mfr K0656
NSN
Ser. No.
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[optics underside]
Part No. 2501-00049.
Serial No. f5E 0007
Mfr Code K6111
Mfr Part No. 039909
NSN
Cont No. F09603-84-G-1438/SA15
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[optics handwriten]
B:-A -.44mR, E -1.39mR
M:-M 0.999, E1.002
In 1988 the Royal Thai Air Force ran the First Capability Upgrade on their F-5 aircraft. The DoD had placed the Contract in 1984 and the update was to provide a ‘lead-in’ fighter for the F-16. The programme included a new HUD/WAC (Head-Up Display/Weapon Aiming Computer) from GEC Marconi, decoy system AN/ALE-40 and warning detection system AN/ALR-46 RWR (Radar Warning Receiver). During early 1986 through to mid 1987 GAv developed a simple cursive only PDU with a keypad Up Front Control Panel aft of a Video Camera. The basic design was subsequently used in a variant for a different aircraft. GAv Atlanta managed the programme and they also developed the HUD Electronics Unit which was based on the F-16 design with a 1553 bus. This PDU was used as a space model for the Indonesian F-5 and was a test fit in the aircraft. The space behind the blank panel on the aft end was for a Video Camera. (Possibly Part No. 79-093-01) This HUD needs some assembly of the various parts.
The handwritten inscription that can be seen on the aft face of the optical module housing refer to B[oresight] & M[agnification] corrections required for A[zimuth] & E[levation] axes.