Request HUD / HUD MFD velocity vector following

[tparvel]

I spend a lot of time flying around and landing at different bases on the moon.

One item I have noticed is the HUD isn't really designed for vertical flight.
This really isn't surprising sense the HUD was designed for an aircraft.
However while landing on the moon or any other body without an atmosphere your flight is more like a helicopter then a plane.

One of the main items is you only have a 40 degree sweep if that +20 to -20.
Problem is most of the time you are outside of those parameters.

SO having a MFD or having a HUD mode that would follow your velocity vector would be great, perhaps a change of color if the Orientation is behind you.

Just wondering what other people think about the Issue.

 

[4throck]

What works for me is the Surface MFD + dock mode on the HUD + positioning the view to see where my direction vector is. Sometimes Camera MFD helps to give a straight down view.

The basic problem with tail sitters is just that: your spacecraft blocks the view.

As far as I can see, the best aproch would be a "periscope MFD" that could give you a "down" view, for example, with the associated velocity/direction data.

 

[garyw]

What about this? [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4388"]Surface Speed MFD[/ame]

 

[tparvel]

Looked at [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=4388"]Surface MFD[/ame] and while it is nice, it does not fit the bill for what I am describing.

There is a [ame="http://www.orbithangar.com/searchid.php?ID=5712"]Hover MFD[/ame] out there that provides the same info or should I say close enough, but it also provides fine control of the hover engines.

4THROCK appears to be on the same page in that you need to swing your view to see the glide slope on decent.

As I think about this more.
Basically a camera ball that follows your Velocity Vector with the same info as your HUD. A target x would be nice to impose over it as well.

This would allow you too adjust your glide slope (I know, no air) so to speak for an efficient landing.

Side note - VOR/VTOL and the Surface Speed MFD's should be combined so you just have to page between them. (wonder how many other MFD's would be better off merging them together. (not sure if that is even worth a separate thread or worth looking into.

At any rate back on subject

PS - I will see if I can dig out Photoshop and create some mock images for a better explanation over the next few days, hopefully.