Optical fiber illumination system for visual flight simulation / Richard H. Hollow ; prepared for Ames Research Center under contract NAS2-9741.
NASA thesaurus headings: Display devices - Fiber optics - Flight simulators - Illuminators - Visual flight - Aircraft carriers - Electronic control - Landing aids - Landing simulation - Runway lights.
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| Format: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. : [Springfield, Va.] :
National Aeronatucs and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch, [For sale by the National Technical Information Service],
1981.
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| Series: | NASA contractor report ;
NASA CR-3409. |
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| Summary: | NASA thesaurus headings: Display devices - Fiber optics - Flight simulators - Illuminators - Visual flight - Aircraft carriers - Electronic control - Landing aids - Landing simulation - Runway lights. |
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| Abstract: | An electronically controlled lighting system simulating runway, aircraft carrier, and landing aid lights for flight simulations is described. The various colored lights that would be visible to a pilot by day, at dusk, or at night are duplicated at the distances the lights would normally become visible. Plastic optical fiber illuminators using tungsten halogen lights are distributed behind the model. The tips of the fibers of illuminators simulating runway lights are bevelled in order that they may be seen from long distances and at low angles. Fibers representing taxiway lights are pointed and polished for omni-directional visibility. The electronic intensity controls, which can be operated either manually or remotely, regulate the intensity of the lights to simulate changes in distance. A dichronic mirror, infrared filter system is used to maintain color integrity. |
| Item Description: | "April 1981"--Cover. Subject category 05. Author affiliation: Computer Sciences Corp., Mountain View, CA. |
| Physical Description: | 22 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche; also available via the Internet. |
| Additional Physical Form available Note: | Distributed to depository libraries in microfiche; also available via the Internet. |
| Funding Information Note: | NASA contract |