Hydraulics & Pneumatics, August 1st, 2006
Simulators have gone mainstream in the past decade. Go to your nearest zoo, county fair, amusement park, or even shopping mall, and you may encounter the newest generation of motion simulators. Flight simulators, too, have come a long way - these complex machines are a far cry from the simple electromechanical devices from the 1930s. Today's flight simulators often rely on super precision hydraulic servo actuators. Using simulators, pilots can train for situations that they're unable to safely do in an actual aircraft. They may simulate loss of flight surfaces or complete power loss. But this...
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