Education and demonstration – Vehicle operator instruction or testing – Flight vehicle
Patent
1992-10-20
1995-02-14
Apley, Richard J.
Education and demonstration
Vehicle operator instruction or testing
Flight vehicle
434 34, 434 42, 434 45, A63G 3100
Patent
active
053889916
ABSTRACT:
A simulator device provides a full 360 degree axial roll to a passenger capsule. This device also provides 70 degrees of pitch to the capsule. The 70 degrees of total range of pitch motion provided by the simulator device creates additional desirable and exciting sensations. For example, if the passenger is quickly rotated from a full pitched back position to a full pitch forward position, the feeling of flying or dropping straight down is simulated. The simulator device provides the passenger with 0.5 Gs pitch forward, 0.25 Gs pitch backward, 0.25 Gs rotational acceleration, and 2.25 Gs vertical acceleration. These forces simulate the motion sensations of high speed looping roller coasters, bobsled rides, water rides, flying rides, and driving rides. The simulator device provides sufficient vertical motion to create more than 1/2 second of weightlessness. In this manner, the passenger experiences free falls off cliffs, vertical drops down the side of skyscrapers or plunges over Niagara Falls. In one embodiment of the present invention, a visual and audio system provides high resolution images and stereo sound to create realistic sensory experiences.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4710128 (1987-12-01), Wachsmuth et al.
patent: 4856771 (1989-08-01), Nelson et al.
Article entitled "Odds & Ends", High-Tech Exhilaration, Air Transport World, Apr. 1992, p. 136.
Apley Richard J.
Magic Edge, Inc.
Richman Glenn E.
LandOfFree
Simulation device and system does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Simulation device and system, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Simulation device and system will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-283740