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MAACS Goals
When you see how we designed the Moving Axis AirCraft Simulator, it helps to
know what our goals were.
Design and build a simple moving flight
simulator using common materials.
[Simple]
Let's start by imagining a motion flight simulator. If the center of rotation is near
the center of gravity, it should take very little force to cause a lot of movement
For this reason, we decided to use
No electric motors
No hydraulics
No pneumatics
We still had plenty of other options to experiment with
Pulleys, Push-pull rods, Levers, Bungee cords, Counterweights
[Common materials]
As luck would have it, I live across the street from a large home improvement store
MAACS was built mostly from lumber, plumbing pipe, insulation foam and various
hardware from this store.
[Lightweight]
MAACS had to be lightweight because I actually live uphill from the hardware
store, and I have to carry this stuff up the hill.
Actually, the simulator had to be lightweight so we could load it in a truck and take
it to air shows. MAACS was going mobile!!
[Time]
Time was a real concern. We had about 2 months before the air show season
started
[Money]
You should always define a budget. Unfortunately, I didn't. I was more concerned
about the time. The sooner I could finish, the more events we could go to and the
more rides we could sell.
If we charged people a few dollars to fly it, maybe we would break-even by the end
of the air show season.
[Air Shows]
I feel like there should be more hand-on activities for people at air shows, and
other aviation events....something more than just taking pictures. I wanted to
create something people can climb in and really experience.
MAACS was designed to fit inside a U-Haul rental truck.
The plan was to load it up, then drive it to an aviation event.
This was the real goal: seeing hundreds of people having fun with this flight
simulator. We could take it to air shows, fly-ins, airport pancake breakfasts,
Young Eagles rallys, the local aviation museums. There is some aviation event
nearly every weekend all summer long.
When you see how we designed the Moving Axis AirCraft Simulator, it helps to
know what our goals were.
Design and build a simple moving flight
simulator using common materials.
[Simple]
Let's start by imagining a motion flight simulator. If the center of rotation is near
the center of gravity, it should take very little force to cause a lot of movement
For this reason, we decided to use
No electric motors
No hydraulics
No pneumatics
We still had plenty of other options to experiment with
Pulleys, Push-pull rods, Levers, Bungee cords, Counterweights
[Common materials]
As luck would have it, I live across the street from a large home improvement store
MAACS was built mostly from lumber, plumbing pipe, insulation foam and various
hardware from this store.
[Lightweight]
MAACS had to be lightweight because I actually live uphill from the hardware
store, and I have to carry this stuff up the hill.
Actually, the simulator had to be lightweight so we could load it in a truck and take
it to air shows. MAACS was going mobile!!
[Time]
Time was a real concern. We had about 2 months before the air show season
started
[Money]
You should always define a budget. Unfortunately, I didn't. I was more concerned
about the time. The sooner I could finish, the more events we could go to and the
more rides we could sell.
If we charged people a few dollars to fly it, maybe we would break-even by the end
of the air show season.
[Air Shows]
I feel like there should be more hand-on activities for people at air shows, and
other aviation events....something more than just taking pictures. I wanted to
create something people can climb in and really experience.
MAACS was designed to fit inside a U-Haul rental truck.
The plan was to load it up, then drive it to an aviation event.
This was the real goal: seeing hundreds of people having fun with this flight
simulator. We could take it to air shows, fly-ins, airport pancake breakfasts,
Young Eagles rallys, the local aviation museums. There is some aviation event
nearly every weekend all summer long.
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