The monochrome Head-Up Display ( HUD) by GEC offers a wide field of view (30 degrees wide and 25 degrees deep) and serves as a primary flight instrument for the pilot. The airplane can be ready to taxi in less than 30 seconds after engine start. Navigation information and pilot's personal avionics preferences are loaded automatically. All subsystems and avionics are brought on line and built-in tests are made.
#F 22 lightning 3 hotas full
There are only three steps to take the F-22 from cold to full readiness for takeoff: the pilot places the battery switch 'on,' places the auxiliary power unit ( APU) switch momentarily to 'start' and then places both throttles in 'idle.' The engines start sequentially right to left and the APU automatically shuts down.
Much information about the cockpit is available in the public domain. Of particular note also is the large single piece canopy and improved life support. When the aircraft was introduced in January 2003, the F-22 Raptor's cockpit represented a zenith in the so-called “glass-cockpit” without any traditional flight instruments and was a marked improvement on the cockpit design of previous advanced aircraft The leading features of the F-22 cockpit, which continue to be emulated or matched by other modern military fast jets, include: simple and rapid start-up, highly developed HMI, lighter helmet, large anthropometric accommodation and highly integrated warning system.