Patent ID: 8834165
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A method of upset recovery training, comprising: providing a sustained G, multi-axis, centrifuge-based flight simulator having a cockpit unit with ±360 degrees rotation in the yaw, pitch and roll axes; providing the flight simulator with an operational profile of a pre-determined aircraft; operating the sustained G, multi-axis, centrifuge-based flight simulator to provide a first-upset condition corresponding to a simulated-environmentally induced event including at least one of the following events: turbulence; clear air turbulence, mountain wave turbulence, wind shear, thunderstorms, microbursts, wake turbulence, and airplane icing; exposing a trainee to a first set of continuous motions and G forces, during the operation of the flight simulator, the first set of continuous motions and G forces substantially matching the actual G forces occurring in the pre-determined aircraft during the first upset condition such that spatial disorientation occurs in the trainee; receiving, at the flight simulator, flight control inputs from the trainee in response to the first-upset condition; operating the sustained G, multi-axis, centrifuge-based flight simulator to provide a second-upset condition in response to incorrect-flight control inputs received from the trainee in response to the first-upset condition, wherein the second-upset condition is inadvertently induced by the trainee; and exposing the trainee to a second set of continuous motions and G forces, during the operation of the flight simulator, wherein the second set of continuous motions and G forces are different than first set of continuous motions and G forces, and wherein the second set of continuous motions and G forces substantially match the actual G forces occurring in the pre-determined aircraft during the second-upset condition, such that spatial disorientation occurs in the trainee.