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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2022
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Joseph J. Scandle, Morton, PA (US);
Paul Lee Redkoles, Mullica Hill, PA (US);
Michael Senoyuit, IV, Perkasie, PA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A rotorcraft flight simulator system includes physical flight control devices for a rotorcraft vehicle. Each of the flight control devices is configured to generate, when actuated, one or more control signals via an output connector of that flight control device. The system includes a programmable interface with multiple input pins, and each of the output connectors is coupled to a respective input pin. The programmable interface includes a controller configured to attribute particular control signals received at a particular input pin to a specific flight control device. The system includes a flight simulator computer configured to receive output signals from the controller via an Ethernet port. The output signals include, for the specific flight control device, header information indicating the specific flight control device and flight control data corresponding to a particular control signal received at the particular input pin that is associated with the specific flight control device.