FLIR Nightvision Assist questions

[78F350]

Our forum is the most awesome, but for this, I think you would best look elsewhere. Try Audi and MB forums or search specific aftermarket units.
Here's a sample from Audi World:
https://www.audiworld.com/forums/a6-c7-platform-discussion-194/night-vision-assistant-2867792/

I must admit, this was my favorite comment:




I used to fly with a HUD on my NVGs and what I'd really like to have for night driving is a good HUD unit projecting on the windshield. - Not essential, but combine the FLIR/Enhanced vision with essential data in your field of view.

[Gilles]

Originally Posted by 78F350

I used to fly with a HUD on my NVGs

78F350, out of curiosity which platform is the NVG..?

[78F350]

Originally Posted by Gilles

78F350, out of curiosity which platform is the NVG..?

I flew Blackhawks in the US Army with ANVIS-6 and -9 NVGs (Night Vision Goggles) and started using the AN/AVS-7 HUD (Heads Up Display) in the late 1990s in a unit that first tested them. I am a big fan of night vision/enhanced imaging systems and still fly with NVGs in civilian EMS. In the Army on a complex mission I preferred to fly at night and with the HUD so I could keep my focus outside the aircraft.
Here's a pic of Night Vision Goggles with the HUD. The right side shows the view with the HUD overlay:


Currently I'm flying a helicopter with a Garmin G1000 system (Bell 407GXP). The pilot screen shows an accurate synthetic terrain view that is good enough to land to a runway in an emergency without seeing outside the aircraft. Much better than flying on a pitch black night with just eyeballs and 'steam gauges' hoping that the ridges stayed below me and the clouds stayed above me.