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EYE ON DESIGN

Motion-based Motion-based

Simulator for Simulator for “FS3”“FS3”

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BY NOEL BOVENS two-year project is underway ganization (DMO), Cruden and TreeC. are taken concerning the exact controls, speci? c number of case-based scenarios which will lead to the devel- The FSSS is equipped with a heavy- console and display system. One inter- that form part of this phase.

opment of a Fast Small Ship duty hexapod motion base. There is esting aspect of the functionality aspects Navy personnel are involved through-

A Simulator. space for two operators and possibly concerns the development of a 6 DOF out the project, which will conclude with

Driving a small, fast navy boat in one more for monitoring and instruction- hydrodynamic model of the small ship, the development of a fully operational heavy seas can be a real challenge. Ef- al tasks. The design of the mock-up will which has the capability to navigate in prototype of the FS3.

fects of broaching, sur? ng, capsizing ? t a steering wheel, throttle and navigat- displacement and planing mode. This risk, slamming and planing put severe ing equipment and the unit is equipped task closely relates to existing research demands on the crew and the boat han- with a 3D visual display system provid- programs of both DMO and MARIN. dling. It requires a well developed skill- ing realistic visualization of the scenery. And for the purpose of the FS3 the new

The Author set to safely navigate under various op- Under Phase 1, learning objectives mathematical model will need to meet erational circumstances. have been developed directly from the the constraints that apply in real-time

Noël Bovens is Manager of the Maritime

With these challenges in mind, a two- Training Needs Analysis (TNA) con- simulations.Other anticipated new de-

Simulation & Software Group of MARIN, year project has just started to develop ducted by the Royal Netherlands Navy, velopments relate to cues for the human the Maritime Research Institute Nether- a dedicated training tool, which is cur- particularly the Surface Assault Training operators to improve the experience and lands rently known as the Fast Small Ship Group and the ‘Defensievaarschool’. enhance realism such as extra visual, w: www.marin.nl

Simulator (FSSS) or FS3. MARIN is During Phase 2 all new functional- motion and audio cues. Phase 3 will ad- e: [email protected] working with the Defense Materiel Or- ity is developed and design decisions dress all testing activities and there are a 20 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • JULY 2015

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