----- Original Message ----- From: "PK Tyagi, MD DNB" <pktdoc@xxxxxxxxx> To: <indaemed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 7:38 AM Subject: [indaemed] Human Centrifuge - Closing the loop > Hi all, > This is just to inform that as part of an AR&DB > project (probably the last as the HE panel is ?? being > dismantled)I have managed to make the centrifuge > closed-loop.The change was long overdue. I just got > lucky, found a good vendor within the budget. > > The last course (91st AFAIC) was the first high-G > course which flew the centrifuge themselves from the > control column inside the gondola while performing a > tracking task with the aid of visuals on the LCD > monitor (HUD) inside the gondola. The feedback from > the pilots is highly encouraging and surely the high-G > training in our country would get revolutionised with > this pilot-interactive mode. It will certainly bring > down the incidence of GLOC in the HC. The benefits of > the interactive-mode are immediately showing as the > pilots were doing SACM for much longer time, without > counts (for AGSM) without having a G-LOC or A-LOC > episode. > > Cheers > Tyagi Congratulations Pramod, with a die-hard attitude, one can achieve what ever one desires. Wish I could get a joy-ride in the Centrifuge, and FEEL the difference... Next time around in B'lore, calls for a celebration for your efforts and success. with warm wishes Sanjiv