Alternative Motion Systems for Navy Flight Trainers-A Software-Driven Approach

A new generation of motion systems which are software-driven leads to the possibility of far more compact, adaptable, and reliable designs for multipurpose motion-based training simulators. An important consequence of this new technology is that it may no longer be necessary to make a once-and-for-all decision to include, or exclude, a motion system from a particular training device. Now we may be able to design training systems that permit optional, modular addition of motion systems depending upon the training tasks for which they are used. This effort will 1) investigate new motion systems technologies, 2) determine which of them may be appropriate for application in new, as well as existing, flight trainers, and 3) recommend designs for motion bases for flight trainers that use the new motion systems technology.