Development of a Novel Low-Cost Flight Simulator for Pilot Training

A novel low-cost flight simulator with the development goals cost effectiveness and high performance has been realized for meeting the huge pilot training needs of airlines. The simulator consists of an aircraft dynamics model, a sophisticated designed low-profile electrical driven motion system with a subsided cabin, a mixed reality based semi-virtual cockpit system, a control loading system and some other subsystems. It shows its advantages over traditional flight simulator by its features achieved with open architecture, software solutions and low-cost hardware.

Authors:

• Hongbin Gu
• Dongsu Wu
• Hui Liu

Keywords:

• Flight simulator
• mixed reality
• motion system
• control loading system.

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