Link Trainer Project..
OK, maybe this is not the right forum but it is as near as I could find!
We are building a functioning Link Trainer replica for our aviation museum. It will have a pitch, bank and yaw axis and the engine room will have MS Flight Simulator.
The replica 'aircraft' is being fitted with basic flying controls and moving elevator, rudder and ailerons. There will be an instrument panel driven by MS Flight Simulator. In normal operation there will be no outside view for the pilot and with the hood closed it will be dark inside. There will be voice connection between the pilot and an 'instructor' who will sit at a table complete with A3 size plotter to replicate the actions of the original Link Trainer installation.
All 'aircraft' movement will be by stepper motors which will move the aircraft to follow the attitude of the virtual aircraft model in the Flight Simulator software. Movement range will be 25 degrees ,up and down, for pitch and bank and of course 360 degrees for the yaw axis.
In a typical exercise the pilot will be seated in the darkened cockpit and use basic panel instruments to control movement of the aircraft and to follow various instrument flying procedures, cruise, navigate, approach etc.
Hopefully visitors to the museum will be able to experience at least some of the challenges of blind flying in the 1940-50s era.