A low cost flight simulator using virtual reality tools

Author

Yavrucuk, Iikay ; Kubali, E. ; Tarimci, O.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Aerosp. Eng., Middle East Tech. Univ., Ankara, Turkey

Volume

26

Issue

4

fYear

2011

fDate

4/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

10

Lastpage

14

Abstract

A helicopter simulator is built using Head-Mount-Displays (HMD) and Data Gloves with trackers to test the viability of virtual reality tools in low-cost flight simulation. The simulator uses FlightGear as its simulation environment and an in-house developed UH-1H helicopter flight dynamics model. Running several clone simulations on different computers allowed stereo imaging on the HMD and instructor station applications. Data Gloves with trackers enabled interaction with the virtual cockpit.

Keywords

aerospace simulation; data gloves; helicopters; helmet mounted displays; virtual reality; FlightGear; UH-1H helicopter flight dynamics model; data gloves; flight simulator; head-mount-displays; helicopter simulator; low-cost flight simulation; simulation environment; stereo imaging; virtual cockpit; virtual reality tools; Atmospheric modeling; Complexity theory; IP networks; Receivers; Tracking; Universal Serial Bus; Virtual reality; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAES.2011.5763338

Filename

5763338