[simpits-tech] Justin- Good artical on the C-17 sim

[Gene Buckle]

Justin, I've actually heard of how this was solved.  A friend of mine
writes graphic software for military flight simulators.  They had a
similar problem with the HUD in the F-16 they were working on.  The
solution they found was to have a special HUD made that had differently
ground optics.  The special optics were built to focus the HUD display at
the surface of the projection screen instead of infinity.  The C-17 guys
obviously didn't talk to the sim guys at Hughes. :)

g.


On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, Justin Messenger wrote:

> Chris,
> The seat looks great, but what else would I expect? :)
> The C-17 sim was a great time to be sure. One thing I
> forgot to mention in the article was the problemn with
> the HUD. You cannot focus on the HUD and the outside
> view at the same time, its the same problem Matt has
> with his sim but the C-17 HUD cost a _lot_ more. Send
> me a private email and we'll talk more about what you
> want to know.
> Justin.
> Phantom.highspeedzone.com
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
> Justin, i just built a one to one all metal replica of
> the C-17 throttle =
> quadrant for a company called AAI. We also built a
> spare just for our =
> display case, but I got a call from NASA who are
> building a simulator to =
> test out algorythms for flying a C-17 with engines
> only ( ie Crash of =
> United flight 232 in Souix City Iowa) A company called
> Wittestien =
> Solutions Inc is making it control loaded for us and
> we shall be =
> integrating it all. Id love to ask you some Technical
> questions about =
> the operation of the REVERSE Thrust ( which seems to
> be fairly unique on =
> the Globemaster III)
> Id also love for you to possibly get me in touch with
> your contact =
> there...It sounded like you had some fun.
> Thanks,
>
> Chris Woodul
> PS you can see the SIMULATED SJU-17/A NACES seat for
> the F/A-18 that I =
> designed and built on our company website, or on
> Wittestiens website ( =
> they rep our stuff)=20
> Let me know what you think of the seat!
>
> www.fain.com
> www.wittsolutions.com
> try both of these sites--- our website doesnt show
> much of our sim =
> capability because Wittenstien Reps our stuff
>
> Chris Woodul
>
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