Described herein is an apparatus and method to convey an object through the air in a controlled and repeatable manner. The apparatus may comprise an object attached to at least one resilient member, the resilient member or members constraining object movement in a substantially vertical y-axis direction. The apparatus may also comprise at least one support member coupled to the at least one resilient member, and the support member or members constrain object movement in a substantially horizontal x-axis direction. In use, the resilient member is energised, movement initiated, and object movement then occurs in an x-axis and a y-axis direction, the movement path substantially governed by the resilient member(s) and the support member(s). The apparatus and method may allow the object to experience a variety of movement sensations, one being the feeling of flight or gliding.

An Augmented Reality (AR) wearable display device is described. The device may be a skydiving helmet. The device may include a transceiver configured to receive a real-world environment view and a point of interest (POI) geolocation and POI altitude information. The device may further include a detection unit configured to detect AR wearable display device trajectory information. The device may further include a processor configured to determine a POI location in the real-world environment view based on the POI geolocation and the POI altitude information and the AR wearable display device trajectory information. The processor may further generate an AR image by overlaying a virtual object associated with the POI on the real-world environment view based on the POI location. The processor may further render the AR image on a display screen associated with the AR wearable display device. The display screen may be a helmet visor.

A drive train for a wind tunnel having a nacelle housing with a fan and a fan hub assembly. The drive train comprises: a ratio gear box directly connected to the fan; and a motor disposed remote from the nacelle for powering the fan via a jackshaft and the ratio gearbox. In an embodiment, the wind tunnel has a single fan and single hub assembly. The jackshaft operatively connects the motor and gearbox.

Disclosed herein are a free-fall training apparatus and a training method using the same. The free-fall training apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a supporter installed in parallel with an installation surface, a driver configured to adjust a slope of the supporter, apply impact or vibration to the supporter, or rotate the supporter, a plurality of strings configured to connect the body of a trainee to the supporter, a pulley installed at the supporter and configured to adjust lengths of the strings according to rotation, a detector configured to detect a position and a movement of the body of the trainee, and a controller configured to control the driver and the pulley on the basis of information input from the detector, wherein the trainee is moved upward or downward according to a posture of the trainee.

A wind tunnel for stable sustained human flight for research or recreation, including a tunnel including first and second portions having first and second central axes, respectively, and a fan to create an air flow in the test section. The second portion is a test section. The first and second central axes are arranged at a first angle with respect to each other. The second central axis is at a second angle of 5-85 with respect to a horizontal plane. A safety system for an inclined wind tunnel for stable sustained human flight is provided, including an inclined test section of the wind tunnel that is arranged at an angle of 5-85 with respect to a horizontal plane, a fan to create an air flow in the test section directed from an upstream end towards a downstream end thereof, and a delimiting arrangement arranged at the test section for preventing a person using the test section from leaving it.

A wind tunnel skydiving simulator including a flight chamber that includes a section that is inclined to the vertical. For example, it can be curved in the vertical plane, and the shape of the curve is then a smooth transition from approximately horizontal to approximately vertical. This enables the skilled sportsperson to practice wingsuit gliding and other sports where there is substantial forward motion through fast moving airsomething impossible with a conventional vertical wind tunnel skydiving simulator. With this invention, the air flowing past the flyer can hence include a substantial, sustained (for many minutes) horizontal, relative componentmaking wingsuit flying possible.

Provided is a virtual experience device for aviation leisure sports, the device including: a main frame configured to form a vertical pillar and having an accommodation space in a region of an inside of the main frame; a bottom frame connected to the main frame and configured to form a bottom surface of the virtual experience device for aviation leisure sports; an upper frame extending from the main frame in a horizontal direction and having an accommodation space in a region of an inside of the upper frame and at least one through hole formed in a bottom surface of the upper fame; side frames installed at both sides of the upper frame and configured to support a load of the upper frame; and at least one roller provided in the accommodation space of the upper frame and configured to change a progression direction of a traction wire connected to Hanes that will be put on by a user for a leisure sports aircraft virtual experience, wherein a motor portion for adjusting a usage length of the traction wire is provided at a top end of the main frame.

A vertical wind tunnel skydiving simulator including a flight chamber entrance that has a curved air deflector that extends into a waiting chamber, in which a convex surface of the curved air deflector faces across or towards the flight chamber entrance or into the flight chamber, and extends into the waiting chamber a sufficient distance to substantially reduce the flow of turbulent air into the waiting chamber. The curved surface is at the top of the entrance and can also be at the sides. The shape the curved surface takes is sufficient to minimize the flow of turbulent air into the waiting chamber; the effect is to make it more comfortable and less noisy for people in the waiting area. This also helps to preserves the laminar, non-turbulent flow of air in the flying chamber, even across the flight chamber entrance. This makes flying more comfortable and predictable.

A coiled coil geometry of modular concave LED/OLED panels or tiles can effectively display a simulated barreling wave. The structure of the coiled coil LED/OLED modules allows one or more users/participants to stand on and/or sit in a motion or non-motion seating platform to observe the simulation.

Described herein is an apparatus and method to convey an object through the air in a controlled and repeatable manner. The apparatus may comprise an object attached to at least one resilient member, the resilient member or members constraining object movement in a substantially vertical y-axis direction. The apparatus may also comprise at least one support member coupled to the at least one resilient member, and the support member or members constrain object movement in a substantially horizontal x-axis direction. In use, the resilient member is energised, movement initiated, and object movement then occurs in an x-axis and a y-axis direction, the movement path substantially governed by the resilient member(s) and the support member(s). The apparatus and method may allow the object to experience a variety of movement sensations, one being the feeling of flight or gliding.