Another MUST SEE!!! (Simulator)

[Jake 747 400]

Guys, this thing is awsome.
Im not a big fan of helicopters, but this is very cool.
If you skip forward to 3 minutes 15 seconds and watch from there.
Also if you want to watch from the start there some more cool stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4KZRQjCMOA

Must be quite expensive though.
Regards,
Jake.

[No Longer Active]

Yeah I saw this on the gadget show last week, very cool!

[MechDave]

HOLY COW!!!! I WANT ONE... Pity Mitsubishi has closed here in Adelaide... Hmmmm maybe they have a second hand robotic arm for my sim

[flyboy01]

WOW i gotta get me one of those arms. Or build one. HMMMMMMMM then again just looked at the bank acount. Well i might dream about it tonight instead. Has anyone won the lotto and need to part with some money?????? HMMM i didnt think so. LOL
Trev

[dnoize]

speaking of nice toys, I'd like to have this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAlXuqKfN-o

The Desdemona sim, built by TNO in the netherlands. (video unfortunately in dutch. check from minute 1:00 )

It can go up, down, sideways, move and spin freely on all axis and add centrifugal force. It can simulate sustained g-forces up to 3 g continuously. Something thats impossible with a normal hexapod.

Its the only one in the world....

now what was that with my bankaccount ? ...sigh.....


Stef


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[Joe Cygan]

speaking of nice toys, I'd like to have this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAlXuqKfN-o

The Desdemona sim, built by TNO in the netherlands. (video unfortunately in dutch. check from minute 1:00 )

It can go up, down, sideways, move and spin freely on all axis and add centrifugal force. It can simulate sustained g-forces up to 3 g continuously. Something thats impossible with a normal hexapod.

Its the only one in the world....

now what was that with my bankaccount ? ...sigh.....


Stef


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My goodness, I have seen everything now. What I would give to have a a half hour in that beast. Thanks for sharing.

[dodiano]

Would you imagine that on a fighter Jet Pit??? AMAZING!! Thanks for sharing!

[mkitch]

Looks like it would cost a lot.

[dnoize]

Would you imagine that on a fighter Jet Pit??? AMAZING!! Thanks for sharing!

The dutch airforce is actually using desdemona for F16 pilot training, although desdemona is originally a research project (TNO is the dutch research organisation).

desdemona in tis project stands for DESorientation DEMONstrator.

I think i could get pretty desorientated in that beast


some more information:

The Desdemona cabin with modular layout is mounted on a fully gimbaled system that is able to rotate around any conceivable axis. The system as a whole allows 2 metres of vertical movement, combined with 8 metres along a horizontal sledge. The sledge itself is able to spin as well. Centrifugation enables Desdemona to generate constant G-forces up to a maximum of 3 G.

interesting pdf here: http://www.tno.nl/downloads/veilig_t...S080014_EN.pdf



Stef

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