Flight training device
AssigneeEpoch Flight Systems LLC
InventorBruce Gary Wilder
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Abstract
In some examples, a navigation training device includes a base having an aperture through a center point of the base. The base includes a plurality of first markings equidistantly spaced along an outer edge of the base. The navigation training device also includes a first layer having an aperture through a center point of the first layer. The first layer includes a plurality of second markings including a directional marking and section markings visually dividing a top surface of the first layer into three sections. The navigation training device also includes a connecting pin passing through the apertures of the base and the first layer.
Claims16
A navigation training device, comprising:
- a base having an aperture through a center point of the base;
- a first layer having an aperture through a center point of the first layer, the first layer comprising a plurality of first markings equidistantly spaced along an outer edge of the first layer;
- a second layer having an aperture through a center point of the second layer, the second layer comprising second markings representative of a right turn aircraft holding pattern and a left turn aircraft holding pattern;
- a third layer comprising a semicircle having an aperture located at a center point of an edge of the semicircle that defines a diameter of the semicircle;
- a directional indicator having an aperture at an end of the directional indicator;
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- a connecting pin passing through the apertures of the base, first layer, second layer, third layer, and directional indicator.
A computer program product comprising computer executable instructions stored in one or more non-transitory computer executable mediums, the instructions executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to render a visual representation of a flight training device on a display screen, the flight training device including:
- a base having a center point;
- a first layer having a first center point, the first layer comprising a plurality of first markings equidistantly spaced along an outer edge of the first layer;
- a second layer having a second center point, the second layer comprising second markings representative of a right turn aircraft holding pattern and a left turn aircraft holding pattern;
- a third layer comprising a semicircle having a third center point located at an edge of the semicircle that defines a diameter of the semicircle;
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- a directional indicator having a first connecting point at an end of the directional indicator,
- wherein the first, second, and third center points and the first connecting point are horizontally and vertically aligned with the center point of the base, and
- wherein the instructions are executable by the processor to further cause the processor to:
- receive a control input modifying a position of a component of the flight training device, the control input related to a heading of an aircraft with respect to an aircraft holding fix and selected as a single input from a group of inputs including:
- a command to perform a rotation of the first layer about the center point of the base;
- a command to perform a rotation of the second layer about the center point of the base;
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- a command to perform a rotation of the directional indicator about the center point of the base;
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- modify the visual representation of the flight training device responsive to the control input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.