Guest Hamad Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 the aerosoft built f-16 has HUD FOV of 17 degrees approx, while in actual it is said to be 25, what do you say about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saprintz 82 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 It's because of the eyepoint. Trigonometry. The eyepoint had to be moved back so that you could see more of the lower panel in the default view. Sure, it would have been possible to allow the HUD to occupy 25 degrees of your field of view, but there would've been a HUGE trade-off for that: the HUD frame, glass, and symbology would have been the only thing visible on your monitor in the default view, and honestly, people probably would not have wanted that. Especially at a time before TrackIR and VR were so prevalent. Perhaps it would be done differently now, sure, but this plane is still a hoot to fly all these years later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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