By the Numbers-Dynamic Motion Seats

By the Numbers-Dynamic Motion Seats

Proven Products, Ready Now Prototypes (or new production designs) begin at step one. Design Step 1 is also Cost Step 1 and there’s lots more potential cost steps ahead on the production highway. Even for the highest quality products, new designs often need refinement...
Cadet researchers take a ‘front seat’ to improve pilot training

Cadet researchers take a ‘front seat’ to improve pilot training

by Jennifer Green-Lanchoney U.S. Air Force Academy Office of Research 12/2/2015 – U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — Cadet researchers at the Air Force Academy are studying the latest technology in motion-cueing seats to improve pilot training. As a result of...
By the Numbers-Dynamic Motion Seats

7 Things to Feel in an ACME Dynamic Motion Seat

1. Onset and Sustained G-Cues Generally, motion systems provide onset cues by movement. After a moment, the system ‘washes out’ as the actuator moves to neutral for the next cue. This works for onset cues, but not for sustained cues. Motion Seats can provide sustained...
Maybe a Motion Platform is Too Much?

Maybe a Motion Platform is Too Much?

To be honest, motion platforms for simulators can cost millions of dollars. Those long actuator legs are not cheap and must support, and move, a lot of weight. Often, the entire simulator with cockpit and the visual system are perched up on the platform. The simulator...
UH-72 Dynamic Motion Seats

UH-72 Dynamic Motion Seats

ACME Worldwide Enterprises, Inc. is under subcontract to provide True Q® Dynamic Motion Seats (DMS) for the two UH-72A Lakota Synthetic Flight Training System (SFTS) Trainers for the Army National Guard (ARNG). Under the subcontract, ACME will provide two DMS shipsets...
Motion Cueing for M346 Simulators

Motion Cueing for M346 Simulators

The Finmeccanica – Alenia Aermacchi M-346 is an advanced lead-in fighter trainer aircraft selected by several global air forces, including Italy  , Singapore  , Israel   , and Poland . The aircraft is supported with a comprehensive ground-based training system...