Catalogue No: | C0013 |
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Category: | Head-Up Display [HUD] |
Object Type: | Display Unit |
Object Name: | F-16 AFTI HUD |
Part No: | 229-016740 |
Serial No: | B11 |
Manufacturer: | Marconi Avionics |
Division: | Airborne Display [ADD] |
Platform(s): | F-16A/B Fighting Falcon |
Year of Manufacture: | circa 1980 |
Dimensions: |
Width (mm): 240 Height (mm): 315 Depth (mm): 700 Weight (g): 22,480 |
Location: | Rack RAA14 (HUD DUs) [Mezzanine Store] |
PDU, HUD Set
Contract
Dsgn. Act. 27489
PN 229-016740
Mfr. 27489
NSN
Ser. No. AFTI-3
Asset No. 175001
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Clean glass with FED SPEC O-E-760 alcohol & lens tissue
The AFTI PDU had a new larger optical module giving an enhanced field of view of 15deg in azimuth by 20deg in elevation with a 25degree TFOV. This compares with the original F-16 A/B with a 20deg circular and an instantaneous FoV of 9deg in azimuth by 13.4deg in elevation. An extra 1.5 degrees in elevation was accomplished by fitting a very thick combiner which gave the effect of a dual combiner glass. Special coatings on the forward and aft surfaces of the combiner transferred the image between the surfaces with no banding or false horizon. This new glass gave an improved vertical field of view without so much birdstrike risk that the conventional dual combiner construction would have in an aircraft with a one-piece ‘bubble’ canopy. In the event this thick combiner proved unsuccessful and the later F-16 C/D reverted to the normal glass.