Development of devices for pilot training and dynamic flight simulation of modern fighter aircrafts: 3DoF centrifuge and 4DoF spatial disorientation trainer

Modern fighter aircraft achieve supermaneuverable flights with high flight angles, motions in directions of all 3 aircraft axes and rotations around them. They achieve acceleration up to 9G. Hence, effects on pilot’s physiology under this conditions and their ability to perform tasks has to be explored. Due to dangers of supermaneuvers,it’s trajectories have to be tested and practiced with flight simulators.2 flight simulators are suggested.Centrifuge for pilot training designed as 3DoF manipulator with rotational axes will be developed in order to achieve trustworthy flight simulation of modern fighter aircrafts.Safe and realistic environment for teaching and training of pilots to G load exposure will be provided. Vertical axis arm rotation is chosen to be main movement.Arm will bear the gimbaled gondola system with 2 rotating axes. Performance of high agility flights and achieving appropriate angular velocities and accelerations will be made possible. In order to familiarize pilots with unusual positions, spatial disorientation trainer will be developed as 4DoF manipulator with rotating axes, 3 of which will be intersected in the seat while the fourth will be vertical to serve rotation of gyroscopically supported gondola. It will be able to simulate direction of any G vector that acts on the pilot during the flight. It provides training for pilots in techniques that enable them to recognize, avoid or successfully handle with problems related with spatial disorientation.