Development of a Sailing Dinghy Simulator

摘要

A sailing dinghy simulator was developed that recreated the task of sailing in the laboratory. The simulator comprised the deck of a sailing dinghy, a pivoting support frame, a control system, in- strumentation, a mathematical model of sailing dinghy dynamics and a computer simulation with a three-dimensional graphics display. Pneumatic rams were used to apply motion feedback. Esti- mated dinghy performance data were calibrated using on-water recordings of boat speed.