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G-force trainer

  • US 5,051,094 A
  • Filed: 01/26/1988
  • Issued: 09/24/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. G-force trainer including an assembly for rotation about a vertical shaft, the assembly comprising:

  • a tubular arm secured to the shaft for rotation therewith about an axis of the shaft;

    a yoke secured to said arm;

    a gondola mounted at said yoke so as to rotate therewith about the shaft axis and to roll freely about a roll axis in proportion to speed of rotation of said arm about the shaft axis, the roll axis being, about twenty feet or more from the shaft axis; and

    support means within the gondola for receiving a human passenger, the total rotational weight of the assembly being about 10,000 lbs. or less.

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