Flight simulator has improved security and has reduced the cost of practical flight training.Deconditioned people is instructed flight or instructs experienced pilot to make in the process that adapts to new aircraft or new airport situation and is improved aspect the security.The pilot keeps the skill of business flying or the cost of the exercise of fight or performance operation to reduce (by using simulator rather than practical flight circumstances) having avoided fuel cost, landing fee with and maintenance cost.
The general characteristic of simulator is the front that the people that will be trained is placed in the controller and the instrument of the true aircraft that duplicates.Around trainee's canopy may be empty or it have a screen on it image be the further simulation that is designed to the controller motion response.Trainee's seat also produces mobile with his control action response.
The problem of existing simulator is that the people's that trained center of gravity is to be positioned at according to pitching (to the people that trained up and down), roll (around the axis of travel rotation), and the intersection point of the axis of simulator flight attitude is determined in driftage (to the left side of direct of travel or right).The result is that mobile controller produces when climbing, and his head rotates the trainee backward thereby rotation is rotated his pin forward around his center of gravity (his pelvis).
The pilot is not the center of gravity that is positioned at aircraft in practical flight, but is usually located at its front.When pilot's mobile controller was made flare maneuver, he felt a kind of acceleration that makes his translation simultaneously and rotation with the seat.This double action to the trainee all is not provided in the field of flight simulator.
For example, the flight passenger cabin that Wa Kesi Mut's etc. United States Patent (USP) is disclosed for the 4th, 710, No. 128 is fixed on three separately on the axle of control with universal joint, i.e. on pitching, rolling and the yaw axis, they all center on planetary axle and rotate.By a bar make passenger cabin center on planetary axle rotation in case the order of 2g ' s apply centripetal force to the pilot.The pilot controls each gimbal-mounted axle with airborne computer, stands simultaneously, by the power of fixing computer-controlled loss direction.
People's such as Nelson United States Patent (USP) the 4th, 856, disclose a kind of video simulation device equipment for No. 771 and had a kind of sphere passenger cabin that in any guides, can revolve three-sixth turn, therefore when the people in the passenger cabin controls operating rod, can simulate being synchronized with the movement of pitching, rolling and driftage.When his pull-up operating rod was got back to the simulation pole-climbing, his health was rotated down.The discrete lifting control device that is described as tooth bar and ratch moves the stabilizing base that supports spinning ball, and it be in the passenger cabin button or by a computer control.The stroke of this lifting gear and its speed are confined.
No. the 4th, 710,129, people's such as Newman United States Patent (USP) has disclosed a kind of aircraft cockpit that is fixed between the steering pitman arm, and operating rod can be determined transverse axis (pitching), and operating rod is installed on the stabilizing base round Z-axis (driftage) in proportion.On pedestal, especially can provide limited translation motion in vertical direction.
In people's such as cut United States Patent (USP) disclosed a kind of g-power training airplane for the 5th, 051, No. 094, the pilot is in airtight ball chamber therein, this chamber is round vertical axle rotation by a pole.For the end that is equilibrated at pole of power is installed a counterbalance weight, the ball chamber of supporting by pole is along with the raising of speed rotates freely around an axis of rolling in pilot's the visual field.
Therefore, also need flight simulator can more properly duplicate the actual motion that the pilot experiences during operating aircraft aloft, especially be proportional to pilot's power a kind of vertical and side direction itself and pilot to the degree of the manipulation of controller, in puting together of being provided by other flight simulator, these power are affixed in the rotation.
The present invention relates to a kind of motion simulator more true to nature, wherein the participant be not be positioned at pitching, rolling, yaw axis fulcrum near.
In one embodiment of the present of invention, the pitching cantilever is driven around pitch axis rotation and hinged cantilever along the axis of rolling vertical with pitch axis, supports a participant cabin.The participant cabin can be around axis of rolling rotation, and its center of gravity is that intersection point with the pitching and the axis of rolling separates.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the end corresponding with the participant cabin to pivot arm adds counterbalance weight.Sensor is determined non-equilibrium state after the participant enters with reference to the cabin, balance control system passes through control one drive motor with mobile balanced block according to the signal from sensor, the moment of torsion for pitch axis that the weight of all parts that will be supported by its causes reduces, to reach the static equilibrium of motion simulator.In motion simulation, repeat this process to obtain dynamic equilibrium.This process provides the identical response time to diving with the action of climbing, as will experiencing in the aircraft of reality.
In another embodiment of the present invention, by moving partially motor-driven platform supports motion simulator as described above, platform can round with front embodiment in and the inclined to one side moving axis that intersects of underriding and the axis of rolling rotate.Participant and this intersection point separately can be experienced the rotation of advancing of three directions and three directions along with the motion simulator response controller makes the participant.
In an alternative embodiment of the invention, motion simulator can raise and reduction so that the easier turnover motion simulator of participant.
In the above embodiment of the present invention, under the flithg rules system indication of the state of flight of the various aircraft of reproducible, control system operation fight or filter, or various aircraft landing and takeoff condition.Control system links to each other with the controller in aircraft cockpit (participant cabin), and and wherein can comprise indicator, the various display device of the display that display instrument dash board or the helmet are installed link to each other.
By together with the consideration of accompanying drawing, these and other performance and advantage will be understood better to the detailed description of following most preferred embodiment.
The detailed description of most preferred embodiment
Use although the present invention is particularly suited for flight simulator, and will be described in detail according to this application, the method and apparatus of Jie Shiing can be used for other motion simulator here.This type games simulator can comprise simulated flight, dives, ride, and the rolling coasting, other amusement park is ridden and virtual actual environment.Simulator can be programmed in advance, and control mutually cooperatively interacts dynamically with the external environment condition that may comprise other motion simulator equally.
Refer now to Figure 1A, 1B and 1C, according to the device shown in one embodiment of the present of invention 100.In all following figure, similar components has same label.
The device that supports comprises bracing frame 102 and the bogie side frame 104 that is positioned over respectively on plate 106 and 108.Bracing frame and bogie side frame terminal in and supporting bracket 109.Support and their relevant bracing or strutting arrangement are placed apart and support two pitch axis bearings 110 successively, and bearing seat is to providing rotation to support along pitch axis to pitch lever 114.But one of support supporting pitch motor 112, it is centered on pitch axis in two-way driving pitch lever.Pitching motor can drive with any method known in this field electricity consumption or hydraulic pressure under craft or computer control.Clamping device (not showing) also can be connected in pitch lever and support, pitching motor, or between the bracing or strutting arrangement.Clamping device can be by artificial or computer control in this field as everyone knows and also.
Pitch lever 114 support fixation sleeves 120, fixed muffle 120 supports swingles 134, therefore vertical with pitch axis with pitch lever along axis of rolling swingle.Fixed muffle is round the pitch lever rotation and contain an electric rotating machine (demonstration) and rotating shaft holder (not shown), and rolling bearing pedestal will rotate swingle round the axis of rolling by the rolling motor.The front is about the pitching motor type, and operation is controlled and the discussion of braking is applicable to electric rotating machine here.
One end, the 136 supporting cabin devices 160 of swingle.The cabin device can comprise: trainee's seat, input controller such as operating rod, control wheel, button, switch, pull bar and suchlike thing, show various flight situation such as cabin attitude, speed and acceleration, the deposit of fuel and ammunition, the instrument of flight control surface condition and be used for showing the device of the situation that the people that trained will see in practical flight.These displays can be TV screen, the display that the projection screen or the helmet are installed.The cabin device also contains communication device, comes the people's of self-training the energy, flight, information and control inquiry are transmitted between control system by it, control system can be in the cabin or fixing benchmark or both be.Communication device can comprise cable and collector ring, or telemetry system.Energy can provide or be stored in the battery in the cabin by collector ring.
In operation, understand when turning axle passes through the cabin, pitch axis is by being not very important.When input control need be climbed, remove pitch axis by the people that will be trained, the people who is trained will experience the impression that promotes, and also have the impression of rotation, and this has satisfied the needs in flight simulator field and has more properly duplicated the actual motion that the pilot experiences in the aircraft flight action.As long as pilot indication is climbed, the cabin device will turn clockwise in Figure 1A, and frame 109 is interval on plate 106 and 108, so cabin and swingle can rotate with simulation practical flight curve fully around pitch axis.
The position of the ratio input control of the simulation curve of finishing and the algorithm of storing in control system determine.The practical flight condition of the various aircraft of this algorithm reproducible, flight situation such as operational failure, fight, take off, landing and suchlike thing, the output of control system drives pitching and rolling motor and it and also drives all devices and display system in the cabin.Be used for training or performance, control system can write down the behavior and demonstration or the storage or the printing on screen of a trainee simulated flight.
When the people who is trained requires rotation, an input signal is admitted to control system, as described abovely according to algorithm it is handled, and causes electric rotating machine driving machine cabin device to do circular motion is got back to neutral gear until the input controller position around turning axle.Supporting tool is placed apart fully to allow the cabin device to rotate fully around the axis of rolling.
Refer now to Fig. 2, shown the device 200 according to an alternative embodiment of the invention among the figure, wherein the element beginning is identical for the element with in the device 100 of " 1 ", and operation in kind.
Device 200 is positioned on the fixed reference thing 201 and the element that adds among Fig. 2 is a counterbalance weight 230, and it can be slidingly connected to the second portion of swingle 231 to move along it.First's 136 support machine cabin devices of swingle.232 of counterbalance weight drive units place between counterbalance weight and the center weldment, therefore the center weldment is fixed in and second portion invests counterbalance weight in its first, and the counterbalance weight motor (not shown) in fixed muffle 120 is used for the second portion of shifting balance drive unit.In operation, be sitting in the cabin and before flight simulation began, pitching motor 112 was positioned at neutral position as the people who is trained.If a direction of determining with the distance of center of gravity and these distance of centre of gravity pitch axis when the cabin device will be supported by swingle with all elements is in this case revolved axle around the axle of bowing.These distances are moment arms, and during each element weight multiplication of supporting by swingle (comprising swingle itself), the moment of their each one pound of measurements that all produces, its sum total generation one pure torque around pitch axis, it will make the cabin directly upwards turn or turn downwards.This is the unbalanced situation by the static state of the sensor determination that is connected with pitch lever.This sensor sends signal input balance control system, makes counterbalance weight motor mobile balanced block to reduce the net torque around pitch axis.This adjustment makes device form orthostatic situation and has been compensated trainee's different weight.Further adjust in aircraft simulation to obtain the situation of mobile equilibrium, mobile equilibrium is well-known in this field, and gets that to obtain effect be that climb operation or the operation of diving has the identical reaction time.
Refer now to Fig. 3, there is shown device 300 according to an alternative embodiment of the invention.
Dull and stereotyped 106 and 108 are positioned on the platform 302, platform can freely rotate freely with the axle that the pitching and the axis of rolling intersect round the center at fixed muffle 120, three axles form a sleeve of quadrature, be rotated in any attitude that pitching, rolling and yaw direction will be determined cabin 160 around it, as what will experience in the Live Flying situation.As in most of flight simulators, these intersection point is not to be positioned at the cabin device, but the back that is positioned at the trainee as real in-flight its pitch axis will be near the intersection of wing and fuselage.In this structure, because controller moves along with the angle position that is provided by other simulator rotates together, the people who is trained experiences the acceleration in pitching and driftage.304 basal planes supportings yaw motor 312, motor 312 drive platform 302 and rotate around yaw axis.The explanation of above pitching motor type, operation, control and braking is applicable to yaw motor here simultaneously.When the people who is trained needs rotation, input signal input to its control system of handling, causes yaw motor to drive the relative yaw axis circular motion of platform by rule, gets back to neutral position until the input controller.All other elements and their performance were described in front.
Referring now to Fig. 4, according to the device 400 of an other embodiment of the present invention, wherein substrate 407 is connected with terminal bracing frame 102 at lid 420 shown in the figure.Hydraulic punching head 440 is presented at lower position with supporting pitch bar 114, and successively, stationary cylinder 120, swingle 134 and cabin device 160, it has device 100 described functions.The purpose of hydraulic punching head 440 is to make the people who is trained be easier to enter cabin device 160.After the people who is trained sits down, hydraulic punching head is subjected to the control of guide rail 430 and promotes so that " B " demonstration (representing with point) in the position of pitch lever 114 and pitch bearing 110, in this position, the cabin device be to pitch axis fully rotatable and as device 100 or install described in 200 the discussion manipulation it.Hydraulic punching head is a most preferred embodiment, but finishes scissors configuration that its performance will be by allow reducing pitch lever or by any other lifting gear such as screwdriver, support and ratch, crank or a kind of electric driving device.
Pitching in most preferred embodiment, rolling and yaw motor are hydraulically powered and provided by hydraulic pressure company limited in Texas, the San Antonio, between cabin device and computing machine, connect the collector ring of the energy and signal by the continent, Pennsylvania, the company limited of surging in Spring city provides, and the computing machine outside the cabin can use the computing machine of the 486DX2-66 processor of the peculiar limit of the use English company that any sellers provide.Computing machine in the cabin uses a 486DX2-66 processor, and the make a fresh start Te Erli of Zezhou County's Allendale of two image generators is equipped with limit company, and simulator is of a size of each limit to be in 12 feet the cube and can to expand bigger size to.
By unsettled and rotatablely move 6 degree of freedom that this has satisfied the needs of present flight simulator to the trainee is provided.
In not departing from the scope of the present invention, can carry out changes and improvements to the embodiment of special description.Especially the device of Zhi Chenging can have support three turning axles intersect and allow and cabin that intersection point is separated at any structure of 3 directions rotations.