Inventors:
Richard D. Gilson - Columbus OH
Marlin O. Thurston - Columbus OH
Karl W. Olson - Worthington OH
Ronald W. Ventola - Columbus OH
Assignee:
The Ohio State University Research Foundation - Columbus OH
International Classification:
G09B 908
H04N 718
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.