PORTABLE SIMULATOR EVALUATION PACKAGE

OPERATIONAL FLIGHT TRAINER AND WEAPON SYSTEMS TRAINER ACCEPTANCE TESTING CAN BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED BY THE USE OF A PORTABLE, COMPUTER-BASED DATA ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS AND A PRELIMINARY DESIGN FOR A PORTABLESIMULATOR TEST SYSTEM THAT WILL ALLOW EVALUATION OF TOTAL SIMULATOR FIDELITY. THE SYSTEM WILL BE DESIGNED TO MAKE MEASUREMENTS TO EVALUATE THE AERODYNAMIC FLIGHT SIMULATION, VISUAL SYSTEM, MOTION SYSTEM AND SIMULATOR THROUGHPUT DELAYS. DATA WILL BE GATHERED FROM THE HOST SIMULATION COMPUTER AND EXTERNAL SENSORS. BUILT-IN ANALYTICAL FUNCTIONS WILL BE SPECIFIED THAT COMPARE MEASURED DATA WITH STORED ACCEPTANCETEST CRITERION. THE PORTABLE EVALUATION SYSTEM WILL BE CONFIGURED FOR A PARTICULAR SIMULATOR FROM DATA STORED ON DISKETTES. TEST RESULTS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY FORMATTED, STORED AND PRESENTED TO THE OPERATOR. A MEANS FOR GENERATING AND TRACKING DEFICIENCY AND STATUS REPORTSWILL BE INTEGRAL TO THE SYSTEM.