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1-6B Restraint System
By raising and lowering the restraint harness you will be able to establish that they are
operating properly. If any part should fail, the unit should be shut down until the repair is made.
1-6C Electrical Connections to Power Box and Inverters
The emergency stop button must be pushed in and main power connector
removed from power box before servicing the control box or inverters.
Warning! Failure to allow the capacitors within the inverters to discharge can result in
serious personal injury by electrocution to include possible death.
NOTE: Verify that the main power is disconnected at the wall outlet or circuit breaker panel or
power cord unplugged at the power box, wait at least ten (10) minutes before entering the Electrical
Control Box. This is to ensure that the power capacitors located within the inverters are fully
discharged.
1-6D Frame and Structure
A weekly inspection of bolts and welds should be accomplished to ensure that there is no
metal fatigue or loose bolts. Loose bolts should be tightened in accordance with MaxFlight
specifications, however, if there is any question as to why there are loose bolts, the unit should be
shut down and examined to determine any causes that are not obvious. It is up to the operator to
report these conditions to qualified, on-sight technical personnel only. If there are any stress cracks
or cracks in a solid member, the system should be shut down and examined immediately.
1-6E Motion Platform
If at any time there is a question with the stability/use-ability of the motion platform,
passengers should not be allowed to ride. Inspect and repair any/all conditions noticed before
resuming normal operations again.
1-7 What Makes the Unit Function as it does?
The entire motion of the simulator is software controlled within the motion computer. It
has inputs and outputs to various components on the simulator. What we are going to
explain now is the actual functionality and routing of signals that, if understood will aid
you in the troubleshooting aspect.
You must remember that there are three separate programs running at all times on the
motion and on the on-board computer.
1-7A Motion Computer
The first program you start up is the windows operating system, in this case Win XP-Pro.
This controls the function of the various items located within the computer. Drivers are the
software of respective hardware located inside attached to the mother board. Without them,
the hardware cannot talk to the operating system.
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