Mark
Why not indeed. The only drawback that I can think of is that the constant
chatter might become very irritating. If you can design one that talks
when asked to, shuts up when told to, and otherwise gives the odd warning
automatically now and again you might have a winner. There's a challenge :)
If anything glass displays IMHO make things easier for everyone,
experienced or not. Most that I have seen combine digital and analogue and
because all the information you need is contained in a smaller area
(compared to steam gauges) scanning it is a simpler task.
Regards
Paul
> In that case, why not use a talking ASI? With one of those you don't
> have to look at the panel at all - you can keep your eyes outside which
> has to be a good thing from the safety point of view if you happen to
> find yourself low and slow.
> Obviously, if you are a highly trained pilot who flies lots of hours in
> glass cockpits then digital readouts would probably be no problem but
> for your average pilot who doesn't fly so many hours, digital readouts
> would, perhaps, be less easy to read quickly than an old fashioned
> "steam" gauge. Maybe a digital ASI would not be a good thing but for the
> other instruments, it probably makes no difference from the safety point
> of view whether they are digital or analogue.
> Cheers,
> Mark
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