Re: New LLTV Needed?


"Rusty" <reuben_barton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Pat Flannery wrote:
> > maximusDlll@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > I was wondering what the groups thinks of the need to build an
> > >"LLTV 2.0" to train future Moon bound astronauts, or has simulation
> > >advanced to a state where such an effort is superfluous and needlessly
> > >risky?
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Given the abilities of today's flight simulators, it's probably not
> > necessary to rebuild one; especially considering what happened to the
> > one Armstrong was flying. :-)
> > To give you some idea of how well the modern simulators work, all the
> > original batch of F-117 stealth fighter pilots made their first flights
> > in the aircraft solo and at night- and that was around twenty years ago.
> >
> > Pat
>
> I worder if a Harrier could be used as a Lunar Landing Training
> Vehicle?
>
> Rusty

You're better off with a helicopter. The LLTV design was needed because
they couldn't fly a computer with emulation software. That's not a problem
today. The LLTV cockpit simulator could be located aft of the real cockpit,
allowing you to have normal controls and a normal pilot to take over in case
things got hinky.

My guess here is that NASA won't spend the money. They'll rely entirely on
simulators.







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