Let us introduce ourselves. Jarod and Isaiah are both juniors studying Aerospace Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. We are both very passionate about what we study, and figured we could try and relate some of the things we learned about the aerospace world, into the art world. We decided to create a ‘game’ which allows the user to experience the stresses/responsibilities of fighter jet pilots.

We are going to be using a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro as our input device. It uses a general input driver, unlike the Xbox 360, so it is compatible with all devices (Mac + PC). Pictured below is the controller we will be using.

We have a patch that reads the input from the variables buttons on the device, as well as the translational inputs. There is a video of the path in action below.

The plan with the simulation is the have the ‘pilot’ have to complete several tasks in order to survive the mission. Like turning to the right, and shooting down enemies, and turning lights on. Also, we will simulate fighting G-forces by putting a stress sensor between the knees and requiring the pilot to squeeze and fight passing out.

We will record video footage of flying using the software ‘X-Plane 11’ a commonly used flight simulator.