ServoFlight: pneumatically actuated full flight simulator
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1080/14399776.2015.1127724Keywords:
Pneumatic cylinder, parallel robot, motion platform, full flight simulatorAbstract
This contribution covers a new way to provide motion feedback in a full flight simulator. Seven pneumatic cylinders are utilized to actuate our 6 degrees-of-freedom motion platform. The motion platform being investigated is a parallel manipulator configured similarly to a Stewart platform with additional one redundant cylinder in the middle. The models of the pneumatic cylinder and the parallel manipulator are used to derive a dual control method. The dual control follows two different trajectories which are generated by a modified motion cueing algorithm and a force trajectory generator. The measurements are conducted on a full size build. The experiment results show that the platform performs well with a low total transport delay, therefore the platform is suitable to be used in a full flight simulator.
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