Flight Simulator
Based on a Frasca 142 simulator cockpit, the ISL flight simulator has over its life and continues to undergo improvements based on the current state of the art in graphics engines and the needs of the Human Factors researchers’ future projects. Presently driven by an Evans & Sutherland 3-graphics-channel cluster, development is underway to allow more open-source graphics engines to drive both the large-screen environment and LCD cockpit displays. By using easily expandable graphics-cluster technology, the addition of heads up, down and lateral displays can be easily integrated into the extant simulator as well as allowing developers quick-change capabilities to model existing and proposed aircraft designs.