Program Documentation for the Terrain and Flight Dynamics Program,

Abstract

The Terrain and Flight Dynamics (TFD) Program is a real-time, interactive graphics system developed to support the Helmet-Mounted-Display Processor (HMDP) activities. The primary task of the TFD Program is to simulate airframe movement and to supply the resultant dynamic values of aircraft state to the HMDP. Other tasks include the production of an instrument display and a dynamic perspective terrain display. Both displays are on the IBM 2250 and can be remoted by T.V. to the F-16 cockpit if desired. A cockpit selector switch was installed to allow the aircraft to be controlled by either of two sets of cockpit controls - one set in the F-16 cockpit and one set at the 2250 display unit. The program was written for an IBM System/370, Model 155 computer operating under the standard MVT version of the Operating System. Both assembler language and Fortran were used in coding the subroutines and the IBM 2250 Graphics Programming Services were utilized for the graphic software support. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA056116

Entities

People

  • K. A. Aldrich
  • W. E. Brandt Jr.

Organizations

  • International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Altitude
  • Biomedical Research
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Consoles
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Graphics
  • Grids
  • Latitude
  • Operating Systems
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Simulations

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).