Originally published at: Driving around in a Swiss analog tank simulator from the 1970s | Boing Boing
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If only they had used that sweet 70s analog technology to make a version of Star Tours that guests could pilot themselves…
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I skimmed it. Neat!
Do the Swiss still use Alpenflage, or is that just part of their museum uniform?
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Used to use one of these in Grafenwohr, Germany back in the 90s. It wasn’t good for simulating weather, or simulating sliding sideways down a hill in the mud. Then it got replaced by a computer system called JANUS (which we called J-Anus) which just sucked immensely, but that’s progress I guess.
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ISTR that the US Army used to have something similar. (albeit larger) for training helicopter pilots.
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I expect it was the same one I used in Grafenwohr.
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Now that sounds 90% downright terrifying and 10% fun (in a nervous giggly way).
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Take your hands off the T-bar and let it happen. Any attempts to right the slide will cause you to throw a track (or both). Then you’re in a world of hurt.
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It was a fairly popular way of creating a simulator, here’s a view of one built to train Concorde pilots:
And here’s one for the Apollo astronauts:
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That’s what…
Never mind.
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Come to think of it - is this the tank driver’s version of “Jesus, take the wheel!”?
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I’m more inclined to believe in Isaac Newton in the moment
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