Radical air powered flight simulator motion base

This is a pneumatic flight simulator that can stand a person on their head.
See recent field videos at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvzkgEpbyec&fmt=18

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• flight
• simulator
• motion
• base
• MSFS
• X-Plane
• Combat
• Sim

[alsh2010]

Rolls, especially of that magnitude, make not much sense in a chair like this. The forces on your body are quite wrong compared to an aircraft in motion. I know it's just for fun and it's probably more exciting compared to sitting in front of a dead table with a joystick, but still....

[stancurtin]

@alsh2010 Thanks, yes, correct G forces are difficult to simulate. Fortunately for simulation, visual cuing is so dominant, that you really do experience a surprisingly strong feeling of acceleration in any direction based on the visuals alone. The best simulators do not translate joystick motion into seat motion, nor do they match angle to angle with the screen. The most realistic ride is when accelerations are calculated and synced, which this sim does reasonably well.

[fats699]

is that a oops at 2:08 the rotation ram :)

[stancurtin]

@fats699 That does look scary, but it's normal. When the chain moves, the no load side of the chain sometimes bends inward, and the cylinder is mounted on a pivot to follow this.

This seat was the prototype. On the production seats, we added a chain tensioner so that it always stayed straight. That said, the seat in the video gave over 40,000 rides in that configuration without a single mechanical problem. It's still going strong today...

[ETonZan]

where can I find more information about this?

[stancurtin]

@ETonZan You could write me at nooncomp at yahoo dot com

[Seerofderp]

Do a barrel roll.

[stancurtin]

@Seerofderp Thanks. The reason for the behind the seat rotation point was so that you could do just that. But, our insurance company said "it it rolls, you're not insured." So, roll is "limited" to about 185 degrees. IT would be easy to modify for a full roll though... :-) Thanks!

[mcpandawaffle]

This is the stuff they should have at chucky chesse >:D

[agamo4]

how can I teleport like that

[tjd1985]

I'd rather have his ability to teleport.

[brickceo]

@mechmove My thinking is to "impose G's" wouldn't you need a lot more movement like the old 1940's g force simulators?

[JerryLawsMartin]

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