Keywords
flight simulators
Abstract
The flight simulator display peripheral, described herein, provides the visual aide necessary for observation of effects due to operator responses for any aircraft simulator which prohibits the observers from occupying space within the cockpit of the simulator.
This display peripheral is provided by a three-dimensional, computer-controlled, motor-driven model which duplicates the angular movements generated by the aircraft simulator by moving a model aircraft mounted within a clear plastic ball.
The display utilizes a Motorola 68000 educational computer board to translate the three aircraft angles. pitch, yaw and roll received from the aircraft simulator via an RS-232C compatible serial asynchronous communication interface at a rate of three hertz, into signals used to drive the stepper motors, mounted in a fixed coordinate frame along the three principal axes, to simulate the aircraft orientation.
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Graduation Date
1988
Semester
Spring
Advisor
Bauer, Christian S.
Degree
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Engineering
Degree Program
Engineering
Format
Pages
123 p.
Language
English
Rights
Public Domain
Release Date
5-1-2021
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
Identifier
DP0023884
STARS Citation
Flowers, Kenneth Randall, "Display Peripheral for a Flight Simulator Using a Three-Dimensional Computer-Controlled Motor Driven Model" (1988). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 5151.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/rtd/5151
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