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| Author(s): | A. T. Lee |
| Publisher: | Ashgate Publishing Ltd |
| ISBN: | 0754642879 |
| Format: | hardback |
| 137pp | |
| Price: | £45.00 |
| Review Date: | 14 June 2005 |
| Review: | Here Alfred Lee sets out to describe the key component technologies of flight simulators and illustrates how they support the pilot’s experience of flight and the pilot’s performance of specific tasks. He provides describes the capacity and limitations of the pilot in areas that are directly relevant to the design of flight simulation devices. How flight simulations applied in the world of technology is also discussed, as are studies that examine the effectiveness of technology in pilot training and evaluation. Finally, he identifies the limits of simulation technology along with the technical advances that could significantly increase the utility and cost of future flight simulators. There are chapters on: visual scene simulation; sound effects and communications simulation; whole body motion; handling qualities and loading control; cognitive fidelity and the simulator task environment; flight simulators in pilot training and evaluation; simulator fidelity and training effectiveness; limitations in flight simulator design and use; advances in flight simulators; and flight simulation research. |