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An Integrated, Modular Simulation System for Education ... - Cal Poly

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highlight some text on a word processing document and over shooting the desiredsentence and then correcting up the page and overshooting again etc. <strong>Cal</strong> <strong>Poly</strong> s basicsimulation lab provides many capabilities that are available to anyone with access topersonal computers. The programmable PhEagle handling qualities <strong>for</strong>ce stick and pedalsallow <strong>Cal</strong> <strong>Poly</strong> to expand the knowledge base on pilot feedback.SiblincThe PhEagle’s dial instrumentsare run through an analog computercalled the Siblinc. The input to theSiblinc is in the <strong>for</strong>m of referencevoltages sent from a PC through an offthe shelf digital to analog (D/A)converter card. The voltages areamplified in the Siblinc to drive theinstruments. The Siblink is the tall toweron the left of Figure 5.Figure 5 Siblinc and Stick ComputerStick ComputerAll of the functions of the stick arehandled through a separate analog computer(the center tower in Figure 5.). The stickcomputer buffers command inputs from thestick, rudder pedals and two throttles(Figure 6.) to the PC s analog to digital A/DFigure 6 Engine Throttles14

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