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Radar simulator
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Radar simulator Radar effects canbe simulated on a trainer developed by Ferranti Computer Systems. The effects of sea clutter, chaff noise jamming and pulse jamming can be produced oll the Crest (comprehensive radar effects trainer) as well as representations of high-performance 'windscreen wiper' radars and those fitted to high-speed aircraft. Interference, beacons and weather and terrain patterns can also be displayed. Weather effects produced include the visual effects of simulated rain storms of programmable droplet size. Terrain simulation uses digital methods, obviating the need for a flying-spot scanner. A three-dimensional modelling technique provides earth curvature and terrain masking.
Ferranti Computer Systems Ltd, Bird Hall Lane, Cheadle Heath, Stockport, Lancs SK3 0XQ, UK
Desk-top trainer
Multicolour CRT displays in a mock-up L-1101 Tristar
Multicolour CRT cockpit Initial flight test programmes have begun on a number of multicolour cathode ray tubes developed for Lockheed's Tristar jets. The tests use three of the CRTs in front of the copilot's position in the cockpit with a three conventional instruments performing the same tasks in front of the pilot, on the left hand side. The displays are said to provide pilots with more accurate and reliable information on the status of all aircraft systems.
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The new systems are more flexible and more intelligent than the older displays. They can not only diagnose faults in the aircraft systems but can also advise flight and maintenance crews on how to correct them. Lockheed engineers estimate that the CRT systems will be available for airline services by the mid 1980s. By then they are expected to be in use in production versions of the L-1101 family of wide-bodied aircraft.
Lockheed-Cafifornia Company, PO Box 551, Burbank, CA 91520, USA
Graphic displays, microcomputer technology and software innovations will be explored by the US Air Force using a desk-top trainer (DTT) that can lower the cost and improve the quality of pilot training. Improvements in simulator technology have made possible the development of this stand-alone device. The accuracy of training received using the DTT will be assessed to compare it with conventional graphics trainers. One advantage of the microprocessor device is that it is self-contained, so a malfunction will result in only one terminal ceasing to work, whereas in a centrally controlled system all the connected terminals would stop working.
Air Force Human Resources Laboratory/O TG, Williams Air Force Base, A Z 85224, US
DISPLAYS. APRIL 1982
Radar simulator Radar effects canbe simulated on a trainer developed by Ferranti Computer Systems. The effects of sea clutter, chaff noise jamming and pulse jamming can be produced oll the Crest (comprehensive radar effects trainer) as well as representations of high-performance 'windscreen wiper' radars and those fitted to high-speed aircraft. Interference, beacons and weather and terrain patterns can also be displayed. Weather effects produced include the visual effects of simulated rain storms of programmable droplet size. Terrain simulation uses digital methods, obviating the need for a flying-spot scanner. A three-dimensional modelling technique provides earth curvature and terrain masking.
Ferranti Computer Systems Ltd, Bird Hall Lane, Cheadle Heath, Stockport, Lancs SK3 0XQ, UK
Desk-top trainer
Multicolour CRT displays in a mock-up L-1101 Tristar
Multicolour CRT cockpit Initial flight test programmes have begun on a number of multicolour cathode ray tubes developed for Lockheed's Tristar jets. The tests use three of the CRTs in front of the copilot's position in the cockpit with a three conventional instruments performing the same tasks in front of the pilot, on the left hand side. The displays are said to provide pilots with more accurate and reliable information on the status of all aircraft systems.
114
cockpit
The new systems are more flexible and more intelligent than the older displays. They can not only diagnose faults in the aircraft systems but can also advise flight and maintenance crews on how to correct them. Lockheed engineers estimate that the CRT systems will be available for airline services by the mid 1980s. By then they are expected to be in use in production versions of the L-1101 family of wide-bodied aircraft.
Lockheed-Cafifornia Company, PO Box 551, Burbank, CA 91520, USA
Graphic displays, microcomputer technology and software innovations will be explored by the US Air Force using a desk-top trainer (DTT) that can lower the cost and improve the quality of pilot training. Improvements in simulator technology have made possible the development of this stand-alone device. The accuracy of training received using the DTT will be assessed to compare it with conventional graphics trainers. One advantage of the microprocessor device is that it is self-contained, so a malfunction will result in only one terminal ceasing to work, whereas in a centrally controlled system all the connected terminals would stop working.
Air Force Human Resources Laboratory/O TG, Williams Air Force Base, A Z 85224, US
DISPLAYS. APRIL 1982