Patent ID: 6902402

Claim:
A flight simulator, comprising: a support assembly ( 104 , 302 ) including a vertical actuator ( 330 ); a pitch boom ( 114 ) rotatably mounted in said support assembly thereby allowing said pitch boom to fully rotate around a pitch axis; a swing boom, rotatably mounted to said pitch boom, said swing boom being fully rotatable around a roll axis which is perpendicular to said pitch axis; a passenger compartment mounted to one end of said swing boom, said passenger compartment being offset from said pitch axis; a yaw motor secured to said support assembly ( 144 , 302 ) for rotating said support assembly along with the passenger compartment around a yaw axis; and a vertical actuator ( 330 ) coupled by connecting linkage ( 332 ) to said pitch boom ( 114 ), said vertical actuator ( 330 ) being responsive to computer control to change the height of said pitch boom ( 114 ) during flight simulation to thereby simulate changes in altitude.