Cockpit
General Features
Yet another factor separating Eurofighter Typhoon from the crowd is its avionics and sensors suite. This section outlines the systems and packages necessary for high mission effectiveness and survivability in the high threat situations the aircraft was designed to meet.
- Overview
- General Features
- Multi Function Head Down Displays (MHDD)
- Helmet Mounted Symbology System (HMSS)
The displays and controls interface with their respective systems via a Cockpit Interface Unit (CIU), Computer Symbol Generators (CSG), and databuses. For systems integrity, some controls are hardwired to individual systems.
The number of conventional panel mounted controls and indicators has been reduced to a minimum.
The main interaction between the pilot and the aircraft systems is via the Manual Data Entry (MDE) facility, the Head-Up Display (HUD), Multi-Function Head Down Displays (MHDDs), the Voice Throttle And Stick controls (VTAS), and by Direct Voice Input (DVI).
The pilot has seven display surfaces available to him: the HUD, three MHDDs, a Helmet Mounted Symbology System (HMSS), a Dedicated Warning Panel (DWP), and a Multiple Information Distribution System (MIDS) display.
Cockpit lighting is compatible with night vision enhancement, and daytime brightness of the displays is automatically adjusted.
The advanced cockpit design and layout is based on an extensive series of formal assessments by operational pilots from the customers’ air forces, carried out in a rapid prototype facility.
Developed by: Open Platform © Eurofighter Typhoon 2008