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I looks like the plane is making a left turn, and yet the object is dead center in the screen with barely any shake. And it's definitely not stabilized, because

I looks like the plane is making a left turn, and yet the object is dead center in the screen with barely any shake. And it's definitely not stabilized, because all the lines on the display are still. So maybe the pilot has some crazy ability to track a flying object perfectly while turning, but try doing it in any game and I think you will fail.

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eric_h 9y ago
I know nothing about the current state of military tech, but that looks like a targeting camera that has some sort of edge detection allowing it to track the object. The vertical lines to the left and right of the object appear computer controlled, to me, especially because they track the left and right edges of the object and the vertical length changes in a way that seems reactive to the object on screen. The brief moment where those lines don't have the object centered and then it just jumps back into place (at the very end of the video ~31-32s) screams computer assisted to me. In short, I don't think that's manual tracking, because I'm pretty sure that even a Navy pilot would have trouble tracking it that perfectly by hand.
- maskull 9y ago
  could be this ATFLIR pod, same reticle seen here: https://theaviationist.com/2017/09/21/heres-the-video-of-the-syrian-su-22-fitter-being-shot-down-by-a-u-s-navy-fa-18e-super-hornet/comment-page-3/ https://theaviationist.com/2017/09/21/heres-the-video-of-the...
- neurotech1 9y ago
  The pod is an AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR[0][1], a type of IRST (InfraRed Search & Tracking) system. The pod is either cued by the F/A-18 radar, or automatically tracked by pod itself. The ATFLIR has a computer assisted stabilization system. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/ASQ-228_ATFLIR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/ASQ-228_ATFLIR [1] https://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/atflir/ https://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/atflir/
brians 9y ago
You sound sure that’s a fixed camera. Is it possible it’s on a turret and tracking a distant target?
berkut 9y ago
It's a video from the Infrared Search and Track system, which is independently aimed, hence why it's always centred.
- johansch 9y ago
  Something similar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi9d8bstWsE&t=80 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi9d8bstWsE&t=80 The stability seems to be about the same as in the NYT video.
knowaveragejoe 9y ago
Watch any video from military aircraft and they look very similar, this is zoomed in pretty far.

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eric_h 9y ago

I know nothing about the current state of military tech, but that looks like a targeting camera that has some sort of edge detection allowing it to track the object. The vertical lines to the left and right of the object appear computer controlled, to me, especially because they track the left and right edges of the object and the vertical length changes in a way that seems reactive to the object on screen. The brief moment where those lines don't have the object centered and then it just jumps back into place (at the very end of the video ~31-32s) screams computer assisted to me. In short, I don't think that's manual tracking, because I'm pretty sure that even a Navy pilot would have trouble tracking it that perfectly by hand.

maskull 9y ago
could be this ATFLIR pod, same reticle seen here: https://theaviationist.com/2017/09/21/heres-the-video-of-the-syrian-su-22-fitter-being-shot-down-by-a-u-s-navy-fa-18e-super-hornet/comment-page-3/ https://theaviationist.com/2017/09/21/heres-the-video-of-the...
neurotech1 9y ago
The pod is an AN/ASQ-228 ATFLIR[0][1], a type of IRST (InfraRed Search & Tracking) system. The pod is either cued by the F/A-18 radar, or automatically tracked by pod itself. The ATFLIR has a computer assisted stabilization system. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/ASQ-228_ATFLIR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/ASQ-228_ATFLIR [1] https://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/atflir/ https://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/atflir/

brians 9y ago

You sound sure that’s a fixed camera. Is it possible it’s on a turret and tracking a distant target?

berkut 9y ago

It's a video from the Infrared Search and Track system, which is independently aimed, hence why it's always centred.

johansch 9y ago
Something similar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi9d8bstWsE&t=80 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi9d8bstWsE&t=80 The stability seems to be about the same as in the NYT video.

knowaveragejoe 9y ago

Watch any video from military aircraft and they look very similar, this is zoomed in pretty far.