| 摘要 |
A system and method for minimizing or eliminating Coriolis-tumbling sensations on a trainee in a centrifuge-based simulator is described. In one example methodology, a simulator transitions its rate of rotation to replicate flight conditions in which G-forces are unloaded on a trainee from a first-G-force value to a nominal-G-force value. Before reaching the nominal-G-force value, an intermediate-G-force value—which is more than the nominal-G-force value, but less than the first-G-force value—is imparted and maintained on the trainee for a suitable duration of time. This intermediate-G-force value may be determined based on several factors including: (i) the angle of rotation of a gondola at during the first-G-force value, and/or (ii) the first-G-force value. After the intermediate-G-force value is imparted and maintained for a suitable duration of time, the G-forces imparted on the trainee may be further unloaded till the nominal-G force value is reached. |
| 主权项 |
1. A system for operating a centrifuge-based-flight simulator, comprising:
one or more processors, and computer-readable media communicatively coupled to the one or more processors collectively forming a controller, the controller operable in one of: a first state in which the controller instructs the simulator to upload G-forces on a trainee to a first-G-force value during a first duration when the trainee performs a simulated-flight condition in the simulator representing an increased-G-force flight event in an actual aircraft, wherein the first G-force value is substantially greater than a nominal-G force state experienced by a trainee when performing a non-G-force-flight event in the simulator; and a second state in which the controller instructs the simulator to: (i) transition from the first state to a second state in which G-forces are unloaded on the trainee approaching a nominal-G force value when the trainee performs a simulated flight condition in the simulator representing a transition from an increased-G-force flight event toward a nominal-G-force flight event in an actual aircraft, and (ii) determine, impart, and maintain an intermediate-G-force value, in lieu of the nominal-G force value, on the trainee for a second duration before transitioning to the nominal-G-force value, wherein the intermediate-G-Force value is less than the first-G-force value and more than the nominal-G force value, wherein the controller determines the intermediate-G-force value based on at least the following: (a) a length of the first duration, (b) an intensity of the first-G-force value imparted on the trainee during the first duration; and (c) an angle of rotation experienced by the trainee during the first duration, wherein the intermediate-G-force value is greater than actual G-forces occurring in a predetermined aircraft during the same flight conditions as the simulated flight conditions. |
