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Dean P. Giovannetti
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NASA Ames Research Center

This paper describes the development (eight monthsfrom conceptual design to full-motion data-gathering simulations) of a low-cost, high-fidelity UH-60A Blackhawk motion-rated simulator cab utilizing the Interchangeable Cab concept developed by the NASA Ames
Research Center’s Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS) Simulation Laboratory. The Project resulted in the design of a low-cost simulation system to replicate helicopter/shipboard launch and recovery envelopes, thereby reducing the reliance on expensive at-sea developmental flight tests. This paper focuses on the structural and mechanical areas of the project, and how
the Simulation Laboratories’ rapid design and fabrication concept was used to accomplish the
program’s demanding requirements. Key areas discussed are: developing a compact, low-cost, widefield-of-view, night-vision capable, cross-cockpit visual system; integration of a 4-axis dynamic seat shaker; and design and fabrication of a motion-rated Blackhawk simulator cab capable of operating on NASA’s Vertical Motion Simulator motion system.

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A hardcopy of this document is available by request from Kathleen Starmer.