Air space traffic simulator

Abstract

Abstract AN AIR SPACE TRAFFIC SIMULATOR HAS INPUTS APPLIED FROM AZIMUTH INDICATING MEANS, RANGE FINDING MEANS AND ALTITUDE INDICATING MEANS. THE SIMULATOR COMPRISES A SHAFT ROTATABLE BY A DRIVING MOTOR AND CARRYING AT LEAST ONE SET OF ANGULARLY SPACED VANES FIXED THERETO AND EXTENDING RADIALLY THEREFROM, A HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL TRANSPARENT ENCLOSURE PREFERABLY BEING PROVIDED FOR THE VANES. EACH VANE CARRIES A PLURALITY OF LAMPS ARRANGED IN ROWS AND COLUMNS SUCH THAT THE HEIGHT OF EACH LAMP REPRESENTS A PARTICULAR ALTITUDE OF AN AIRCRAFT RELATIVE TO A REFERENCE PLANE AND THE RADIAL POSITION OF EACH LAMP REPRESENTS A PARTICULAR DISTANCE OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM A REFERENCE POINT. DISKS ARE FIXED TO THE SHAFT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, AND EACH DISK CARRIES A FIRST RADIAL ROW OF CONTACTS WITH EACH CONTACT, CONNECTED TO FIRST TERMINAL OF ALL THE LAMPS IN A CORRESPONDING COLUMN ON A RESPECTIVE VANE, AND A SECOND RADIAL ROW OF CONTACTS WITH EACH CONTRACT CONNECTED TO THE SECOND TERMINALS OF ALL THE LAMPS IN A CORRESPONDING ROW ON THE RESPECTIVE VANE. A RADIALLY EXTENDING AZIMUTH ARM MEANS IS ANGULARLY ADJUSTABLE ABOUTR THE AXIS OF THE SHAFT, AND DRIVING MEANS ARE PROVIDED TO ADJUST THE AZIMUTH ARM MEANS ANGULARLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AZIMUTH OF AN AIRCRAFT TO BE MONITORED. THE AZIMUTH ARM MEANS CARRIES A FIRST CONTACT MEMBER ADJUSTABLE THEREALONG AND CONNECTED TO ONE TERMINAL OF A SOURCE OF POTENTIAL, AND CARRIES A SECOND CONTACT MEMBER ADJUSTABLE THEREALONG AND CONNECTED TO THE OPPOSITE TERMINAL OF THE SOURCE OF POTENTIAL. EACH CONTACT MEMBER IS ENGAGEABLE WITH THE CONTACTS OF A RESPECTIVE ONE OF THE TWO RADIAL ROWS. EACH TIME THE RESPECTIVE VANE IS ROTATED INTO ALIGNMENT WITH THE AZIMUTH ARM MEANS, A RESPECTIVE LAMP THEREON IS ILLUMINATED AT A POSITION CORRESPONDING TO THE DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE OF THE MONITORES AIRCRAFT. BLOCKING DIODE MEANS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH EACH LAMP WHEREBY ONLY ONE LAMP, AT THE INTERSECTION OF A RESPECTIVE COLUMN AND A RESPECTIVE ROW, CAN BE ILLUMINATES AT ANY ONE TIME.

Inventors

• 👤 Ladislaw G Srogi

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