Racal/Marconi Simulator Built For Finnish Technical Research Center

—Free Literature Available A new, highly sophisticated ship simulator has been developed and built jointly by two British companies for the Finnish Technical Research Center near Helsinki where it will be used for research into ship behaviour and to train deck officers to maneuver vessels in busy island waters.

According to the two developers of the simulator, Racal-SMS Ltd., Chessington, Surrey, England, and Marconi Command and Control Systems Ltd., New Parks, Leicester, England, the unit can provide realistic exercises in anti-collision navigation, pilotage, shiphandling and emergency procedures.

The principal part of the Racal/ Marconi simulator consists of a fully equipped ship's bridge, complete with advanced navigational aids and autopilot, together with an instructor's console. Seven color television projectors are used to create images onto the back of a screen which affords a 240-degree field of vision, giving a "wrap-around" forward panoramic view from the bridge.

The view changes as the trainee alters speed and course.

Scenes generated by the Marconi Tepigen visual system (via computer) are based on local topography and also show such things as other ships passing, fog descending and lifting, and wave conditions up to a Force 8 gale.

Various "own ship" types, among them tankers, containerships, and a ferry are available for the simulator.

Accurate representation of their different maneuvering characteristics is obtained from realistic mathematical models provided by Britain's National Maritime Institute.

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Maritime Reporter Magazine, page 30, Oct 15, 1985

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