Flight simulator vibration system

1. A flight simulator vibration system for an aircraft, the system defining three coordinate axes, the system comprising:

a crew seat with a first predefined momentum weight driven by a first electric motor, a second predefined momentum weight driven by a second electric motor, and a third predefined momentum weight driven by a third electric motor, each respective electric motor being disposed within a respective motor casing removably retained by a respective flexible stripe,

a flight control stick with a fourth momentum weight driven by a fourth electric motor,

a panel vibration system with a fifth momentum weight driven by a fifth electric motor, and

at least one electronic control circuit configured to individually control the electric motors to provide vibrations about all three coordinate axes, wherein when the respective flexible stripes are removed the respective motors may be rotated for tuning and the respective momentum weights may be adjusted or replaced for tuning.

2. The flight simulator vibration system according to claim 1 , wherein at least one supplemental plate is provided, the plate being provided with the first, second, and third electric motors, the at least one supplemental plate being mounted to the crew seat.

3. The flight simulator vibration system according to claim 2 , wherein a second supplemental plate is mounted to a backrest of the crew seat.

4. The flight simulator vibration system according to claim 2 , wherein at least one further supplemental plate is mounted to a sitting support of the crew seat.

5. The flight simulator vibration system according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one further supplemental plate is provided with three electric motors, each driving respectively one momentum weight.

6. The flight simulator vibration system according to claim 1 , wherein at least one control processor is provided and a DC pulse transformer as an interface to the at least one electronic control circuit for control of any of the electric motors.

7. The flight simulator vibration system according to claim 6 , wherein microphones are provided and data from the microphones are filtered by the control processor, and wherein the at least one control circuit controls the electric motors to produce vibrations in response to the data.

8. The flight simulator vibration system according to claim 1 , wherein at least one external device is provided for transmittal of analog input and/or digital input directly to the at least one electronic control circuit.

9. The flight simulator vibration system according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth momentum weight is mounted eccentrically inside a security casing integral with the fourth electric motor.

10. The flight simulator vibration system according to claim 1 , wherein at least one glare-shield is provided, the glare-shield being provided with two electric motors with respective momentum weights allowing reproduction of vibrations in the glare-shield.

11. The flight simulator vibration system according to claim 1 , wherein the respective momentum weights and their respective orientations are calibrated.

12. The flight simulator vibration system according to claim 1 , wherein three electronic control circuits are provided with at least one of the electronic control circuits being conceived as speed governor.

13. An aircraft flight simulator system comprising:

a crew seat having a first electric motor drivingly coupled to a first momentum weight, a second electric motor drivingly coupled to a second momentum weight, and a third electric motor drivingly coupled to a third momentum weight, wherein the first electric motor is disposed within a first housing removably retained by a first flexible stripe, the second electric motor is disposed within a second housing removably retained by a second flexible stripe, and the third electric motor is disposed within a third housing removably retained by a third flexible stripe, the first, second and third housings being rotatable relative to the frame when the respective flexible stripes are removed and fixed relative to the crew seat when the flexible stripes are not removed;

a flight control stick pivotally coupled with the crew seat and having a fourth electric motor drivingly coupled to a fourth momentum weight to generate vibration in the flight control stick;

a control panel coupled with the crew seat and having a fifth electric motor drivingly coupled to a fifth momentum weight to generate vibration in the control panel; and

a control circuit configured to selectively control the electric motors individually to generate vibration along three coordinate axes.

14. The aircraft flight simulator system of claim 13 , further comprising a control processor in communication with the control circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to control the electric motor to produce vibrations corresponding with audio data processed by the control processor.

15. The aircraft flight simulator system of claim 13 , further comprising a glare shield coupled with the control panel and a sixth electric motor drivingly coupled with a sixth momentum weight and coupled with the control panel to generate vibration in the glare shield.

16. The aircraft flight simulator system of claim 13 , wherein the crew seat has a lower plate, a backrest, a first plurality of momentum weights coupled with the backrest, and a second plurality of momentum weights coupled with the lower plate, wherein the first momentum weight, second momentum weight, and third momentum weight are among the first plurality of momentum weights.

17. A flight simulator vibration system comprising:

a crew seat having a first momentum weight driven by a first electric motor, a second momentum weight driven by a second electric motor, and a third momentum weight driven by a third electric motor, wherein the first motor is disposed within a first housing removably retained by a first flexible stripe, the second electric motor is disposed within a second housing removably retained by a second flexible stripe, and the third electric motor is disposed within a third housing removably retained by a third flexible stripe, the first, second and third housings being rotatable relative to the crew seat when the respective flexible stripes are removed and fixed relative to the crew seat when the respective flexible stripes are not removed;

a flight control stick;

a control panel; and

a control circuit individually controlling the first, second, and third electric motors to generate vibration in the crew seat along first, second, and third coordinate axes.

18. The flight simulator vibration system of claim 17 , wherein the first motor is oriented to drive the first momentum weight about the first axis, the second motor is oriented to drive the second momentum weight about the second axis, and the third motor is oriented to drive the third momentum weight about the third axis.