Aces High Bulletin Board

General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Elyeh on December 09, 2005, 01:15:44 AM

Title: Cockpit view
Post by: Elyeh on December 09, 2005, 01:15:44 AM

Wondering if anyone has a pilots view when siting in a spitfire.

Plenty on cockpit views out there but cant seem to find one of what/how the pilot would see when strapped in

Thanks

Title: Cockpit view
Post by: frank3 on December 09, 2005, 03:40:31 AM

I think the Aces High Spitfire cockpit comes close to what one would see I guess?

Title: Cockpit view
Post by: Elyeh on December 09, 2005, 07:14:07 AM

I looking for the POV of the pilot. I am curious to what the field of view was for an avg height pilot. Did the pilot sit up close to the instrument panel and gunsight, or was he more streached out? What was the view looking down over the side while in level flight? It seems in Pictures that the Spit pilot sat tucked in tight and low in the seat.

Anyway thats what I'm looking for. Kinda like a helmet cam view.

In AH you can page up, page down etc. I'd like to see what the real pilots saw from the seat when flying

Title: Cockpit view
Post by: ramzey on December 09, 2005, 12:23:42 PM

buy Battle of Britan movie, take look by yourself

Title: Cockpit view
Post by: Guppy35 on December 09, 2005, 12:31:25 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Elyeh
I looking for the POV of the pilot. I am curious to what the field of view was for an avg height pilot. Did the pilot sit up close to the instrument panel and gunsight, or was he more streached out? What was the view looking down over the side while in level flight? It seems in Pictures that the Spit pilot sat tucked in tight and low in the seat.

Anyway thats what I'm looking for. Kinda like a helmet cam view.

In AH you can page up, page down etc. I'd like to see what the real pilots saw from the seat when flying

Go here to a page that has videos of Jerry Billings flying a restored Spit.  He was a wartime Spit pilot and has flown Spits ever since in airshows etc.  This one is an inside view from the cockpit of a Spit IX

http://www.jerrybilling.com/video/what%20a%20view.wmv

Title: Cockpit view
Post by: SKJohn on December 09, 2005, 12:53:35 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Guppy35
Go here to a page that has videos of Jerry Billings flying a restored Spit.  He was a wartime Spit pilot and has flown Spits ever since in airshows etc.  This one is an inside view from the cockpit of a Spit IX

http://www.jerrybilling.com/video/what%20a%20view.wmv

Wish you could see the instrument panel better to compare with AH.  
BTW - It looks like Jerry was using Track IR!:D

Title: Cockpit view
Post by: Elyeh on December 09, 2005, 03:52:45 PM

That Vid was very informative.

Man the pilot is really tucked up close. Thanks
Wish there was more

Title: Cockpit view
Post by: SKJohn on December 09, 2005, 04:24:21 PM

After watching the video, went back and flew the AH Spit.  The view over the nose seems about the same, but since the video never looked down into the cockpit, it's hard to tell otherwise.