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12 Mechanical Flight Sims From Aerospace’s Analogue Era
And you thought testing the F-117 was a feat? In the days before building a full-scale 737 mock-up in your garage was possible, flight schools and even NASA relied on mechanical simulators to train pilots. Our friends at Oobject have collected 12 of the most advanced simulators of the day.
Of Course Santa Has To Train Like A Top Gun Pilot
By some estimates, Santa has to travel 3,000 times faster than the speed of sound to deliver billions of gifts in one night. So it’s not surprising that even he needs to log some time in a sleigh simulator.
Santa Tries Australia’s Crazy Robot Arm Flight Sim
It’s almost Christmas, so Melbourne’s Deakin University invited Santa in for some last-minute flight training on their Universal Motion Simulator (UMS). If this video doesn’t make you smile a tiny bit, then you might just be a Grinch.
Australia’s Deakin University Builds One Mean Flight Simulator
Your typical fake cockpit simulator has limited manoeuvrability, but this high-speed robot arm can move in multiple axis at the same time, accurately recreating the feeling of flying including the extreme g-forces that come with it.
This Morning, I Landed A 737-800 In Hong Kong
“Welcome aboard, Captain,” my co-pilot Julian said to me this morning as I stepped into the cockpit of a Boeing 737-800, the world’s most popular commercial aircraft. Despite a complete lack of training and experience, I strapped myself in, adjusted my harness and confidently got ready to take control. At least I knew I couldn’t crash…
Acadalus Self-Levelling Tripod Head
Four years in the making, the Acadalus tripod head uses motors and an inclinometer to relieve you of fiddling and make sure your shots are absolutely, positively straight. Of course, that perspectival perfection comes at a price: $US5000.
Saitek X65F ‘stick Requires Only The Subtlest Of Touches
Much like the multi-million dollar jet systems that inspired it, the Saitek Pro Flight X65F joystick/throttle system for PCs doesn’t move at all. That’s right, not an inch, and yet the controls were compared to mind control. [ars technica]
Military F-16 Flight Simulator Runs On 120 PC Graphic Cards
This is the HD World, an amazing ultra-high definition military F-16 simulator that runs on 120 Intel Dual Core PCs with $US400 graphic cards inside a special industrial casing. Looking at the video, I want one in my living room.
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