Simulator Platform In Progress
Posted on 2013/11/30 by Dr. Moon
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- Chassis Side View
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- Chassis Front View
I have begun assembly of Version 1 of the soaring flight simulator chassis and platform to be used for my dissertation research.It is not yet fully assembled (some parts are still on the way), and some parts are still being fabricated. This is a static (non-motion) platform. Version 2 will include partial motion. Components include…
- Frame: black powder coated carbon steel
- ACS 10 Hotas Joystick
- ACS10 Hotas Throttle platform
- CH Products Ruddder Pedals
- CANBUS and CANAerospace based control panel
- airspeed indicator, altimeter, g-meter, direction indcator, vertical airspeed indicator
- Audio: Logitech Z906 surround sound system
- Computer case: Thermaltake Level 10 Snow Edition (bundle)
- CPU: i7-4770K Haswell 3.5GHz Quad-Core
- RAM: 32GB CORSAIR Vengeance Pro (4x8GB) DDR3 1866MHz
- Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87
- Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX TITAN 6GB Superclocked
- Power Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 1200W
- Monitors: Three Dell U3014 30″ 2560×1600
- HD: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB SSD, Seagate Barracuda 2TB SATA 6 ST2000DM001
- Advanced Tactile Feedback System: Buttkicker Gamer 2
- Anker Uspeed USB 3.0 7-Port Hub + 2 Charge-Only Port
Other assorted hardware:
- Google Glass
- Oculus Rift Stereoscopic VR Headset
- Kinect for Windows
- Delta 6 Controller
- STEM System Motion Tracking Controller
- Virtuix Omni
- Pulse Oximeter
- Skin temperature sensor
- Skin conductivity sensor
- Heart rate monitor
- Grip Sensors
- Accelerometers
- Additional cameras TBD
- Additional microphones
- Additional biometric sensors TBD
Aircraft to be utilized for real world flights will include:
- DG-300 sailplane
- Grob G103 Twin Astir sailplane
- LET L-23 Super Blanik sailplane
- Single engine aircraft – TBD
