Griffon Technologies Helicopter Flight Simulator

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Griffon TechnologiesHelicopter Flight Simulator

• Raymond Fong
• Aaron Stutzman
• Sean Hanley
• Dave Oechslein

Faculty Sponsor Dr. Joe Horn
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Motivation

• Project Objective
• Active Control Stick Students will design and
  build a control stick with programmable force
  feedback characteristics

• Primary Stakeholders
• Penn State Aerospace Department
• Boeing Corporation

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Implementation
Actuator
Rotating Base
Shackle and Nose Bearing

• Mechanical
• Mounting bracket
• Control Stick Mounting

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Implementation

• Electrical
• Software
• Hardware

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Cost
Implementing a second axis will not be as
expensive
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Conclusion

• One axis is installed
• Mounting unit allows actuator to be decoupled
• Process can be cloned for second axis

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Recommendation

• Fabricate a metal mounting unit
• Implement force feed back programming into flight
  simulator software
• Add force trim feature
• Install 2nd motion axis