FourFans Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 6 hours ago, SurelySerious said: Bingo. You want some things to be tacticle and always available at a moments notice, not buried in a screen. Reference professional SLR cameras. Still have a bunch of buttons because it’s good human factors. In the C-130 (classic and J models) tactile switch difference is clutch in several time sensitive situations (airdrop, NVG airland, etc). Several switches require touch only for identification, and that streamlines human factors. Touch screens are neat a ground speed zero, but they reduce capability in a tactical and time sensitive environment because they require visual verification (a.k.a. diverted attention). Compound that with turbulence, smoke/fumes, and task saturation, and those screens will be a liability. Thank engineers, but i'll keep my switches. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTB Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 On 2/8/2018 at 1:06 PM, Prozac said: My airline recently started installing touch screens in place of physical CDUs. Saw a picture of one of these the other day. Looked essentially identical to our FMS recreated entirely on a touchscreen. My first thought was, I would waste a lot of time punching the wrong buttons. I suspect changing your active waypoint, altitudes, airspeeds, etc in the box on climbout on a nice bumpy day would be a PITA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clark Griswold Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 T-50A video If you have ADHD, go to 1:00 and the BVR A2A virtual engagement training scenario and 1:50 A2G scenario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmacwc Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 That should be the winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTB Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Wow, that's pretty awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clark Griswold Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 It is impressive and they probably have the inside lane but to balance things out here's Leonardo's T-100 integrated training system page: http://www.leonardodrs.com/products-and-services/t-100-integrated-training-system/t-100-embedded-training-program/ and Boeing's http://www.boeing.com/defense/t-x/index.page?gclid=Cj0KCQiA2snUBRDfARIsAIGfpqHQLQAOEossg9gCAIfC9o6Tg40ukrUC1CBZjiXD5aahfqXskHHzJ7MaAhVjEALw_wcB#/video-player/boeing-t-x-real-as-it-gets-training Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Noonin Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Never, ever, ever believe the glossy brochure. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clark Griswold Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Never, ever, ever believe the glossy brochure. True but all of them seem like a major leap in capability if even only 75% true of their advertised capability Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcraftllc Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Anyone have any new gouge on the decision timeline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BashiChuni Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 34 minutes ago, xcraftllc said: Anyone have any new gouge on the decision timeline? same timeline Light Attack has been on amazing we went to the moon 8 years after kennedy made it the goal. these days we can't get shit done: Light attack, T-38 replacement, new tanker. too much red tape, leaders with no sack. SAD! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clark Griswold Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 2 hours ago, xcraftllc said: Anyone have any new gouge on the decision timeline? No gouge but wiki says 2023 and the ref for that was from 2013 (AF Times). Sounds about right for today's FUBAR acquisition process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourFans Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 11 hours ago, Clark Griswold said: ...if even only 75% true of their advertised capability With that many retired GO's involved, the 10% rule is definitely in play. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearedHot Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Even if they make a decision they can still cancel it...look no further than JSTARS last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungnDumb Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I'm wiling to be the T-38 will go the way of the BUFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuggyU2 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 For those of you currently at an AETC pilot training base, how many hours are on those AETC T-38C's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShavedDogsAss Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 For those of you currently at an AETC pilot training base, how many hours are on those AETC T-38C's?22k is the average I'm seeing. Anything less than 20k still has that new plane smell. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmacwc Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 And like 6 single point of failure last time I looked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schokie Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 How common are these dual loss of thrust events? http://www.vance.af.mil/News/Article/1452397/vance-t-38-instructor-pilots-earn-air-medals/ Sounds like great piloting. I also didn't know you could get an Air Medal for peacetime flying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeHoler Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 How common are these dual loss of thrust events? http://www.vance.af.mil/News/Article/1452397/vance-t-38-instructor-pilots-earn-air-medals/ Sounds like great piloting. I also didn't know you could get an Air Medal for peacetime flying. You can get a DFC for teaching UPT if the situation is right. Just ask Johnny Weida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungnDumb Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Those events were due to contaminated fuel from another field. Hats off to both those IP's, great dudes and awesome pilots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmacwc Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 19 minutes ago, ThreeHoler said: You can get a DFC for teaching UPT if the situation is right. Just ask Johnny Weida. Tell the story... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icohftb Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 With all these t38 crashes any updates on the t-x decision timeline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindsight2020 Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 9 minutes ago, icohftb said: With all these t38 crashes any updates on the t-x decision timeline? None related to the crashes. That's making fvck all difference in the timeline. Yeah we saw the AFOTEC slides. Selection decision this year (they're already late), prob turn of the fiscal. As to IOC? LOL. Dude, 2023 at the earliest.This entire thing can shift right with a single call for arbitration. Boeing ) being the usual whiny bitch, is one of the participants so that probably means this thing will get stonewalled to the right. BL, the cavalry ain't coming bud. The T-X canard at this point is like posterity...the fvck has it done for me lately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuggyU2 Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, icohftb said: With all these t38 crashes any updates on the t-x decision timeline? While the T-38 is older than you want, don't try to make this an issue. AETC pushed the C-model. Lots of "new shit" on the jet. The got what they asked for. The millions of $$$ spent on the PMP and the MB seat (how many millions???) would have been useful elsewhere. A-models with 21,000 hours are doing pretty well from a safety viewpoint. Yes, the fleet needs to be replaced. No argument there. No: Paul's jet having dual airframe-mounted gearbox failures is more a function of shitty maintenance than anything else. As a retiree, I'm not "in the know" as much as I'd like to be on his death. Yet. But I'd gladly jump in ANY Beale T-38 and go fly it. Because Beale has some quality guys working those jets. And I'll continue to fly the civilian T-38 without any qualms. It's well maintained, and the seat is solid, in the unlikely event I need it. T-38 crashes should have no bearing on T-X timeline. It should be based on the fact we need an upgraded trainer for our future F-22 and F-35 pilots. Edited August 26, 2018 by HuggyU2 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homestar Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Is the idea that the T-X will become a single trainer to replace both the T-38 and T-1? If so, that would take at least a month off the timeline already dedicated to phase III academics and help accelerate graduation. Just in time for class 25-01 I guess.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now