User:Vtaylor/byxbee/aviation
joy rider simulator
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JoyRider with joystick, throttle and rudder pedals installed
http://www.acesim.com/plans.html
video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66ebBq_Fkfo - Daily Planet news segment.
https://youtu.be/acvGkQJX9ZY - shows building - PVC pipe components
https://youtu.be/JAsAiO1scq8 - lots of good pictures of the entire simulator. Describes "flying" the simulator in standard manuvers.
JOYRIDER FLIGHT MOTION SIMULATOR PLANS
ARE STILL AVAILABLE! SEE BELOW FOR
ORDERING INFORMATION.
You can now experience virtual reality flight in your own home using your computer or video game system and the JoyRider Motion Simulator!
Compiled from two years of R & D from three prototype designs, this is the least expensive and easiest to build motion platform there is!
Passive two axis design eliminates costly hydraulics, motors, and gears. It's fast, smooth, quiet and responsive!
With the JoyRider easy-build plans, some readily available supplies and common hand tools, you'll be up and flying in no time.
It's like having your own personal ride!
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Every thing you need to know is included in painstaking detail from how to install the joystick, throttle and rudder pedals, to sources for inexpensive virtual reality headsets.
2017.4.22
https://lectriclibrary.wordpress.com/2017/04/23/joy-rider-diy-flight-simulator/
In November, I was asked to facilitate a team to build a signature
project for Burns Sci-Tech. In November, we began to build a full
motion, adult sized, flight simulator. During the first few weeks,
the students (all 7th and 8th graders) developed the workshop space,
built a perfectly level bench to construct sub-assemblies and learned
safety procedures.
They have been enthusiastic ever since.
I’ve worked with children for about 40 years and the interaction,
consistency and accuracy these students at Burns have exhibited has
been an inspiration to me. Generally, they are waiting outside of our
workshop, ready to go before I arrive.
And just last week, the sub-assemblies have been bolted together and
there is a working platform that will support a 200-lb adult. Anyone
can have a virtual reality flight experience without ever leaving the
ground. The students will proudly agree that I don’t do any of the
work! And I didn’t. It’s their project and they are getting
tremendous enjoyment manually spinning the cockpit in all directions,
imagining what it would be like to hook up the software and use the
virtual reality headset that was donated.
To complete the flight experience, we need about $1,000 in donations
for a high-powered gaming card, throttle and rudder pedals.
In terms of effort, 95% was the time, money and energy to get a full
motion platform operational. This last bit of effort is all about the
electronics to make it a flight training experience.
Here is a newscast about other, similar, full-motion simulators and an
interview with the developer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66ebBq_Fkfo
Dana has photos, videos and can set up interviews with the students.
Also, please stop by to the workshop any Tuesday while we are working
between 3:30 and 5:00.
women in aviation - reading
Harriet Quimby
Amelia Earhart
Mae Jemison
Ruth Law
Bessie Coleman
chapter book with these and others: Jacqueline Cochran, Ruth Nichols, Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
Learn more about current and historic women in aviation from these sites:
- http://www.girlswithwings.org/ Information and inspiration for girls who want to fly
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=93&v=x9aNfiRUOvA Go on young woman’s first solo flight
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z_TZxECE9U Go on another first solo flight
- http://afgdigital.epubxp.com/t/186918-aviation-for-girls A digital aviation magazine for and about girls
- https://www.ninety-nines.org/women-in-aviation-history.htm Aviation pioneers from The 99’s (the organization of women pilots started by Amelia Earhart)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_women_in_aviation Timeline of women’s achievements in aviation
- https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/women-in-aviation/ Women in aviation from the Air and Space Museum
- https://www.wai.org/pioneers Women who were aviation pioneers from Women in Aviation International
- https://news.erau.edu/headlines/female-pilots-to-compete-in-historic-womens-air-race-classic/ Local college women make air racing headlines
- http://dreamssoar.org/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3aUa1mNwq0&app=desktop Follow the flight of the youngest woman to fly solo around the world in a single engine plane. (She started in Daytona Beach!)
Suggested Activities for WOW Read-Aloud Sessions
Introduce Yourself... (5-10 min.)
- Tell the group a little about who you are and how aviation is a part of your life. If possible bring a photo of you with your family and/or plane. Share as much as you feel comfortable about your youth, education and family. Details about your hobbies, pets, planes and kids will be of interest to the students and will help them relate to you.
- Bring a map of the US and point where you were born, where Burns Sci-Tech is located and other important places as they come up in the stories.
- Tell them that you are here to: share your interest in aviation read about pioneer women aviators
Introduce the Book/Person
- Have them look at the cover and tell what they think they might learn from it. Tell them who the subject is and ask what they already know of her.
- Ask them to think about the following as they listen to the story: How are you alike & how are you different from the main character.
Read the Story/Book
- Point out places on the map as they come up in the story.
- Add small bits of information from your own experience/knowledge as you read.
Follow-up Discussion (as time permits)
Have the students apply what they have learned by participating in one of the following:
- Ask the group to imagine that the pioneer aviator was still alive and having a birthday party. Brainstorm a list of birthday presents the she might like. Have the students give reasons for their gift selections. (Grade 3 and up)
- Ask the group to imagine that the pioneer aviator was still alive and was coming to visit the school for a week. Brainstorm a list of nearby places she could be taken to have fun, to eat and to learn about life today. Have them give reasons for their selections. (Grade 4 and up)
- Ask the group to imagine that the pioneer aviator was still alive and that a party was being given to honor her. Brainstorm a list of people from the present (famous folks, family, school and community leaders) and people from the past who could be invited. Each guest should have some connection to the woman's characteristics, interests or accomplishments. Students should be prepared to give reasons for their selections. As a class, put together a guest list of the 10 best. (Grade 5 and up)
End the Session
- Share a word of encouragement/thanks.
- Remind them to learn more by doing a web search for women in aviation.
- Girls interested in aviation should visit girlswithwings.com.
