Education and demonstration – Vehicle operator instruction or testing – Flight vehicle
Patent
1984-10-25
1987-12-01
Picard, Leo P.
Education and demonstration
Vehicle operator instruction or testing
Flight vehicle
434 59, 434 55, 434 30, G09B 908
Patent
active
047101288
ABSTRACT:
Spatial disorientation trainer-flight simulator wherein a cockpit is gimballed on three independently-controlled axes, i.e., pitch, roll and yaw, which revolve about a planetary axis. Rotation of the cockpit about the planetary axis is controlled by a remote console computer. Rotation of the cockpit about the pitch and roll axes is controlled by an on board cockpit computer alone or in combination with the console computer. Rotation of the cockpit about the yaw axis is controlled by the console computer alone or in combination with the cockpit computer. Slip rings are employed at the planetary and yaw axes so as to provide 360.degree. cockpit rotation about each axis. Rotation about each of the pitch, roll and yaw axes is effected by a high torque direct drive dc motor under control of the computers. Smooth, continuous motor operation is possible over a wide range of speeds, including sub-threshold speeds not detectable by the pilot.
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Brusch Donald W.
Wachsmuth Robert H.
Environmental Tectonics Corporation
Picard Leo P.
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