Patent · US Expired

G-force trainer

US5051094A · kind A · utility

23Cited by

48References

39Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Environmental Tectonics Corp. · US

Inventors

Bernhard Richter · Puchheim, DE
Shabbir H. Merchant · Warminster, US
Andreas Richter · Gaimersheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 26, 1988
Grant date	Sep 24, 1991
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 26, 2008

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG09B9/30
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A robust, lightweight g force trainer having low moment of inertia is powered by a relatively low horsepower motor. The trainer has an onset rate of 6 g/sec. or more and idle speed of approximately 13 rpm. The natural frequency of the trainer arm is in excess of 6 hz. The trainer includes a computerized target tracking and missile avoidance system, including a heads up display field at the pilot gondola, and a computerized medical monitor.

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