What I read about it boils down to the fact that reflective solutions will never do it perfectly. For a really good HUD, you need to project a collimated picture to a combiner surface. It works just like a teleprompter, actually, people tend to use actual teleprompter screens for the projection.
But, unfortunately, this isn't something you can fit in a nice way. It will always look too DIY.
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Re: Head up displays
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Re: Head up displays
Chris, that's very interesting that you've done that, well done!
Must admit it only crossed my mind the other day when I realised that when pressing on cross country in the CX, I really don't want to take my eyes off the road to know the speed and a HUD might be a very good idea rather than a gimmick. Too much turbo rush and scenery distortion isn't conducive to looking at the speedo!
Must admit it only crossed my mind the other day when I realised that when pressing on cross country in the CX, I really don't want to take my eyes off the road to know the speed and a HUD might be a very good idea rather than a gimmick. Too much turbo rush and scenery distortion isn't conducive to looking at the speedo!
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Re: Head up displays
Why look at the speedo when rushing down country lanes. Either you are going too fast for comfort or you are not.
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Re: Head up displays
I must admit I don't look at the speedo much on twisty country lanes - I'm either following someone at their speed of driving as fast as I feel comfortable.
Straight stretches are a different matter, but then again on the straight bits you're either still following traffic of have time to see how fast you're going.
Straight stretches are a different matter, but then again on the straight bits you're either still following traffic of have time to see how fast you're going.
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Re: Head up displays
Take a look on e-bay there was a selection on there some time ago.
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