Panobridge: 1 Year Later 

we'll see how these do.

I have about as much time with the pano as bf, great product. with a couple dabs of loctite, itll guide the future of night vision

Hey Neal! Just got some of your gel cups installed in my peltors. Keep up the good work!

yep, I have no concerns about 3D printed durability. I did a lot of research with plastics (and as a result 3D printing) for my degree. People underestimate polymers and composite polymers by easily a order of mag. I'm eagerly await the next gen. Like I said in the video. I generally don't get impressed by gear. But this vastly exceeded my expectations especially for what is functionally a gen 1.5

Any word on pano housing.

need an update on the pano housing

haha yeah, night vision is a bitch. The starts lined up for me the first time, and haven't really since.

(flat) ass (opinions) facts

whew!

On the redesign of the ax-14 pro that’s what they ended up doing. There’s a metal washer and the articulation points were redesigned some. The gen1 was good, just needed alittle loctite. Gen2 is so much better. Just witness mark all the things, always, and you’ll be golden.

I make the windows error noise more often than not.

good info us :D

thanks! Appreciate it

smart. I might do that.

the dog is basically the channel.

​@@BrassFacts Nova is love Nova is life. Jokes aside, lost my pup recently. She was with me for half my life, I am always happy to see how much time you spend with Nova.

(come for the dog, stay for the dog) :D

I don't like distortion. That's a bad time.

you're not wrong. I look forward to the next iteration that isn't just a tech demo

500$? f that

The polymer itself is probably really expensive, from the looks of it easily $150 a kilo, and with the way those are printed, the machine is about the same price as a used cnc mill, and they aren't cheap to run since most use proprietary software and require a lot of finishing work as well. The polymer is a carbon fiber filled nylon, so really durable. While i don't know all to terrible much about night vision, i know a bit about 3d printing, and the only thing the could have done better was to add some brass inserts at the hinges, and any issues with moving and wear on the plastic would have been solved.

correct.

@@BrassFacts Thx for the answer. I have 3 little maniacs I need to feed, so bino's may not be in the budget. I feel better about going to the PVS mono with the option to upgrade to two down the line thx to your vid. Appreciate the info and glad I subbed.

yes, but then I also prefer a dedicated dual tube that has increased fov.

sometimes I'll do monos for weight. but if I want to maximize capability; I want max FOV.

one day when I have the cash

No one is going to test this.

Store them in a faraday bag.

Look at white papers of emp and solar flare testing on electronics. It's a non issue

I haven't messed with the RPNVG so I can't say.

Articulation is not really that important

instagram or discord

What’s your discord

@@CNoah-zc5ho discord.gg/YZqHwBCW

it can be yeah. No idea. maybe when I review a stacco, whenever (if) that day comes.

It's just the mount, and $500 is the sale price.

Has been reported to cause lots of problems but work very well for other people

You mean just with a regular bridge? Why would you use a pano for that?

Fusion setups on Panobridge is a really interesting experience. I find it better than on a non-panning bridge. You can pan the thermal out and not have it directly overlay the entire view, which allows your brain to see a complete i2 NV view in one eye and a slightly separate thermal view in one eye, so any false negatives provided by the thermal are not inaccurately overlaid atop the i2 NV image, which is normally quite distracting or possibly dangerous (if in a dynamic environment). The panning opens up possibilities, let’s say, that normally aren’t there for people to experiment with.

It's a case of "yeah it's okay" not amazing, but okay.

Thanks

@@Hoplopfheil #TAFFR

makes sense. Take your time, prioritize. And have a good plan of what level you want to commit to. NV is stupid expensive.

Nothing wrong with that logic

Absolutely

Appreciate the feedback. I can say there is significant institutional buy in already, which honestly is still shocking to me, considering this is our first foray into the NV market. Local, state, and federal LE have purchased significant numbers of bridges. One of primary drivers of this phenomenon is our partnership with a company called Nightline, out of Tennessee, who build complete NV systems and have been in the industry for 40+ years only selling to government buyers. They have a training facility with a shoot house where they let teams show up and run drills with all of the current binos / quads. I have personally visited and met some of the high speed guys who went in the shoot house, tested everything out, and then advised their departments to purchase our Panobridge. Of course, a huge benefit is that so many of these teams have PVS-14s in inventory and wish that they could have dedicated dual tube setups for everyone, but they don’t have the funds. Once they realize they can get a dual tube setup that also provides a wider field of view, they’re sold. The fact that the complete setup weighs 20-25 oz (depending on glass and battery housing) is not a problem when one compares it to the binocular most likely to be available to these same teams: the AN/PVS-15, which weighs 23 oz.

@@noisefighters4168 That's great! I wish you much success and I hope to contribute in my own very small way towards it!

I have a video on it. Check it out. Basically yes, but also no.

"Basically yes, but also no": pretty much everything in the night vision world

video isn't live yet. Saving it for the release.

@@BrassFacts ah ok

not that much, probably under 10g.

asdfsaawroyooo

only 500,000 dollars per! basically a bargin

@@BrassFacts I wonder how long I'll have to wait for prices to come down...

a quality bump or ballistic. Weight and the suspension system will be your main hang-ups/features to look out for.

@@BrassFacts bump is probably a good place to start, ballistic is probably to much for a poor like me. On a side note ever try any thermal stuff? Getting into hunting and could use some recommendations

@@D.M.Luiz. I've tried thermals. but the issue is I can't afford to review/ talk about them because the cost to entry is brutal.

I noticed tungsten AR buffer weights on Amazon that I'm planning on strapping to the back of my head.

no the settings got fucked. I hate it.

@@BrassFacts oof.

most likely a deadairflash hider

it was nova. She was wearing a seal suit

We have a binocular bridge dovetail helmet bracket, made of all-metal aluminum alloy

yep, we don't publish the link, it's getting a bit chaotic.

@@BrassFacts Damn, was hoping I can join it. You and hop have great communities. Keep up the good work!

@@Bingbong929 discord.gg/YZqHwBCW

I tried that one for fun. The 30 dollar one? yeah it sucks. This thing needs pretty fine tolerance other wise the whole setups binds. Not that Injection modeling can't be precise, but these weren't.

facts

this is the mk2.

@@BrassFacts gotcha thanks

@@BrassFacts been told noisefighters is upgrading parts for customers the new parts have aluminum inserts

spend more time with nova.

I don't get double vision. I'm not sure anyone does. But maybe that's part of the group that just can't use these

thanks!

Tho, I will say a bit of criticism.... if you're doing a video on NVG stuff, the dog footage should be in NVG. Just saying ¯\_(ツ)_/¯