Flight simulator with spaced visuals

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1979-01-25

1980-12-30

Grieb, William H.

Education and demonstration

Vehicle operator instruction or testing

Flight vehicle

358104, G09B 908, H04N 718

Patent

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042415195

ABSTRACT:
A flight simulator arrangement wherein a conventional, movable base flight trainer is combined with a visual cue display surface spaced a predetermined distance from an eye position within the trainer. Thus, three degrees of motive freedom (roll, pitch and crab) are provided for a visual proprioceptive, and vestibular cue system by the trainer while the remaining geometric visual cue image alterations are developed by a video system. A geometric approach to computing runway image eliminates a need to electronically compute trigonometric functions, while utilization of a line generator and designated vanishing point at the video system raster permits facile development of the images of the longitudinal edges of the runway.

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