Sailing simulator
AssigneeShimadzu Seisakusho Ltd.
InventorKaoru Nishimura
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Abstract
A sailing simulator comprising: a hull provided with a boom and a rudder; first supporting means for supporting the hull through the intermediary of springs for heeling motion; second supporting means for supporting the first supporting means for rotation about a vertical axis; and drive means for causing the first and second supporting means to effect heeling motion and rotation, respectively; and means operable in response to the handling of the boom and/or the rudder to control the drive means. An elastic means is interposed between the first supporting means and the drive means therefor so that the hull can be moved about the heeling axis by positional change of the weight of the trainee on the hull. Means is also provided for application of a reactive force to the boom as the boom and/or the rudder are handled.
Claims11
Sailing simulator comprising:
- a hull provided with a boom for handling a sail and a rudder;
- first supporting means, first elastic means interposed between said hull and said first supporting means for resiliently mounting said hull to said first supporting means, second supporting means for supporting said first supporting means so that said first supporting means is swingable about the longitudinal axis of said hull, said second supporting means being rotatable about a vertical axis;
- drive means for causing said first supporting means to swing about said longitudinal axis and said second supporting means to rotate about said vertical axis;
- and second elastic means interconnecting said first supporting means and said drive means for summing the driving force from the drive means to swing said first supporting means and the force produced by the weight and position of a crew.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.