Although work is still in progress on this project, the successful development and integration of this technology offers significant potential improvement in R and M redundancy with graceful degradation, and enhanced operational effectiveness. The purpose of this project is to demonstrate the operational effectiveness and suitability of active matrix liquid crystal flat panel displays in the C-130 and to validate the projected R and M improvements of this technology over electromechanical analog instruments and cathode ray tubes CRT. The Intercommunications System (ICS) installed in the C-130 consists of twenty five main cabin stations, two paratroop, two cockpit bunk, one PI station, one flight instructor and one FE and two pilot stations. The aircraft performs a diversity of missions quite well, but the repairing and stocking of obsolete analog type instruments has become logistically difficult and costly. This is due largely to the simplicity of its systems and the fact that its design and tooling costs have long since been amortized. The total duration of the video is about 43 minutes, so bring out a beer, or some non-alchohol alternative beverage, and enjoy this cockpit video from one of the Swedish C-130, or TP 84 Hercules. It’s a proven workhorse that’s the airlifter of choice for 22 nations and 26 operators around the world, supporting any mission whenever and wherever it calls. Designed in the mid-1950s, the C-130 has remained highly cost effective to procure and operate. From the highest landing strip in the world to austere, unprepared runways, the C-130J goes where other airlifters can’t, won’t or don’t go. Five displays will be installed on the pilotscopilots instrument panel with a sixth display installed at the navigators station. #C130 COCKPIT MAC#This RAMTIP project will replace some sixty analog type cockpit instruments in a Military Airlift Command MAC C-130E with six liquid crystal flat panel displays. Abstract: The Reliability and Maintainability Technology Insertion Program RAMTIP is aimed at accelerating new technologies from the laboratory and applying them to Air Force weapon systems in an effort to improve reliability and maintainability R and M.
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