Avionics
X-Plane HUD Simulator Turns Pilots into HUD Heroes
Using the FlyRealHUDs X-Plane plug-in, the author shot the ILS 25R into LAX at night in the Boeing 777. The acceleration tape and cue (caret) show the jet accelerating and too fast, so the power needs to be reduced. The flight director cue is slightly to the left of the flight-path vector, indicating the need for a slight correction to the left.
Using the FlyRealHUDs X-Plane plug-in, the author shot the ILS 25R into LAX at night in the Boeing 777. The acceleration tape and cue (caret) show the jet accelerating and too fast, so the power needs to be reduced. The flight director cue is slightly to the left of the flight-path vector, indicating the need for a slight correction to the left.

There is a new way to learn how to fly with a head-up display (HUD) without booking time in an expensive simulator or trying to learn in the airplane. FlyRealHUDs.com has developed an inexpensive HUD simulator plug-in that runs on the X-Plane personal-computer flight simulator program. The FlyRealHUDs (FRH) plug-in replicates the symbology and flight dynamics of real HUDs and comes in two configurations, for business jets and airliners. (Full disclosure: I was a beta tester of the FRH HUD before its release in late October.)

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