From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: Boyd Roberts Message-ID: <9ai4sf$2mfe$1@news4.isdnet.net> References: <20010405113524.462F919A1E@mail.cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: Keyboard mapping Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2001 16:18:42 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 7a0256f6-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 a crit dans le message news: 20010405113524.462F919A1E@mail.cse.psu.edu... > > read up on HOTAS. > > some sort of joystick? Hands On Throttle And Stick: all the useful stuff is at your fingertips so that when it goes 'fangs out' you have everything you need and can fly the a/c at the same time. the F-16 uses it and IIRC the F15, except the E model has a RIO/GIB/WO. i think the pilot with RIO/GIB/WO is a good idea, 'cos it divides up the workload and you have another pair of eyes; essential in a dogfight. most kills occur within visual range or the ROEs force visual id. it may not be well done (as i don't know the F-16 that well) but the principle is sound. don't get me started on the Tornado IDS and those two fools who were turned into heroes after a monumental clusterfuck. just to get the bombs 'off the rack' and _maybe_ on the target it takes 23 switches, on the Tornado -- what a piece of junk. -- Boyd Roberts http://www.insultant.net boyd@insultant.net What do you know about surfing, Major? You're from goddamn New Jersey. -- Lt. Colonel Kilgore