Attention all video gamers: why not follow the lead of Britain's Royal Air Force and consider swapping your Ikea office chair for a CyberSeat? The motion base flight or driving simulator was unveiled at last week's ITEC training and simulation show in Cologne, Germany.
Its manufacturers describe the CyberSeat as being capable of bringing "affordable dynamics to the training of defense personnel." A three-axis low-cost motion base (above left) simulator powered by linear motors (above right) and hydraulics, the system would be able of moving a 150-kg payload at 1 m/sec with 1-g acceleration.
The CyberSeat (prices start from 12,500 pounds, roughly $25,000) would have a motion fidelity sufficient to reproduce the vibration of helicopter blades, an uneven gravel track or the smooth turns and turbulence of a glider, the company claims. The seat plugs straight into a PC (using a USB cable) and has software interfaces to PC-based driving simulators and flight simulations, including Microsoft Flight Simulator X and Laminar Research X-Plane.
At the IDEX show, Britain's Defence Centre for Training Support took delivery of its first new CyberSeat system (left), configured as a generic helicopter and equipped with cyclic, collective, anti-torque throttle and full twist throttle.
-- Joris Janssen Lok
Photos: CyberSeat
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