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LCD. More information in less space. Supported by better flight guidance/management. You can't beat having terrain/weather, moving map, and TCAS all on one screen. Calculated and managed speed and altitude constraints. Descent guidance to runway threshold. RNAV approaches.
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Steam gauges made you scan the panel a lot more than LCD's. While that is probably a good habit, but I always found I'd spend too much time deciphering the VORs and trying to correlate that with a position on a chart.
I think the more time one can spend looking for other traffic is a better use of time than having a head down at a chart. Mind you, I have never flown IFR, so my opinion is limited to my experience.
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Day VFR I want to be looking outside as much as possible so really have no preference. One great benefit I see with LCDs is in areas where there are restricted/prohibited areas it's nice to know exactly where that line is rather than looking at a sectional and trying to place yourself on it.
Day VFR I want to be looking outside as much as possible so really have no preference. One great benefit I see with LCDs is in areas where there are restricted/prohibited areas it's nice to know exactly where that line is rather than looking at a sectional and trying to place yourself on it.
What line are you referring to.Sorry i know very little about flying and instrumentation.
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What line are you referring to.Sorry i know very little about flying and instrumentation.
There are areas around the country where air traffic may be restricted to certain times and/or altitudes due to things like military training and around Washington DC (and other areas?) there are areas where flight is prohibited.
When you're navigating with a paper chart those areas are depicted with outlines on the chart as well as there being information for the controlling agencies, etc., it's up to you as the pilot to determine where you are in relation to that line. With modern moving map displays and/or GPS you get an exact indication of where your position lies relative to those boundary lines.
I believe it is a good idea to learn to fly with steam gauges and then upgrade into something with glass. Glass cockpits give you way more information but can be overwhelming at first when what you should be learning is airmanship.
There are areas around the country where air traffic may be restricted to certain times and/or altitudes due to things like military training and around Washington DC (and other areas?) there are areas where flight is prohibited.
When you're navigating with a paper chart those areas are depicted with outlines on the chart as well as there being information for the controlling agencies, etc., it's up to you as the pilot to determine where you are in relation to that line. With modern moving map displays and/or GPS you get an exact indication of where your position lies relative to those boundary lines.
Not aircraft specifically, but somewhat. In one of my jobs we had to develop a new electronic control system. As part of it, we did a human factors study on HMI and the answer is, naturally, it depends. Gauges are actually much quicker to learn and read if the important thing is relative position of the needle. You can scan a lot very quickly to see if the needle is where it should be or not, and if it's high, low or whatever. Digital information is better if the specific number is important. So we wound up implementing a LCD version of gauges where needed and digital where that was optimum.
Though not my field, since I was on the operations side, it was actually kind of fun working with the human factors folks on different screen combinations, colors, gauges, etc. One of the worst problems with screens can be information overload -- just because the computer can process and display information doesn't mean it should. Too many warnings and at times the operators would just clear them all and wait to see which popped back up first as the most important to work.
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