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I'd personally agree with this, but at the same time, I think aircraft like the F-35 have moved to touch displays instead of 4th gen MFDs (but works with gloves

• rbanffy 4y ago
  > but works with gloves? I bet Lockheed Martin sells a $50K glove that works with the F-35 touchscreens. It's not that bad, however. In a car you need to be constantly aware of the road ahead of you. On a plane, you are not required to have your hands on the controls while on autopilot and you can pay attention to the screens, as well as operate them - there won't be any wildlife crossing ahead of you, not any red lights forcing you to brake. And if the plane sees a threat it will warn you well before your human senses can so you can pay full attention to it (and the helmet-mounted displays). I assume the F-35 also has stick-mounted controls to operate in the helmet display.
• zppln 4y ago
  Touchscreens are potentially very useful in a fighter (maps, general SA, designation etc), but not for everything and not in every situation. But just because you get a touchscreen doesn't mean you have to forfeit frame buttons with onscreen labels, HOTAS etc.