Vertigo

Vertigo (implemented with Microsoft Silverlight)
The instrument shown in this test is an artificial horizon, which is the most important instrument for a jet pilot. With it he controls the pitch and bank of his airplane. Most artificial horizons use brown color as abstraction for the earth and blue color for the sky. Pitch is the rotation around the lateral axis of an aircraft, while Bank is the rotation around the longitudinal axis. That means that, when having a higher pitch than 0°, the nose of the plane is actually higher than its tail and vice-versa. Your artificial horizon will show an attitude pointing into the blue area when having a positive pitch angle. Let's assume a pilot needs to turn left. In this case he will take up a "left bank" to assure his turn, which means his left wing is lower (thus closer to earth) than his right wing with the artificial horizon showing more brown in its left side. In the following test, which will run for approximately 3 minutes, you will have to fight against some very turbulent flight conditions, which I hope you will never experience in real life. You will be presented with an artificial horizon that has a tendency to move into all directions at random speed and interval. Your job is to keep it in its defined limits of 20° Pitch and 30° Bank with the arrow keys. Once you move out of a limit a blinking arrow is displayed showing you the direction to steer back into the valid range. For breaking a limit for more than 4 seconds you are punished with a terrible beep (unless you turn off your loudspeakers, which is unsportsmanlike)!
To start Vertigo press the Start button!

Vertigo (implemented with Microsoft Silverlight)

The instrument shown in this test is an artificial horizon, which is the most important instrument for a jet pilot. With it he controls the pitch and bank of his airplane. Most artificial horizons use brown color as abstraction for the earth and blue color for the sky.
Pitch is the rotation around the lateral axis of an aircraft, while Bank is the rotation around the longitudinal axis.
That means that, when having a higher pitch than 0°, the nose of the plane is actually higher than its tail and vice-versa. Your artificial horizon will show an attitude pointing into the blue area when having a positive pitch angle.
Let's assume a pilot needs to turn left. In this case he will take up a "left bank" to assure his turn, which means his left wing is lower (thus closer to earth) than his right wing with the artificial horizon showing more brown in its left side.
In the following test, which will run for approximately 3 minutes, you will have to fight against some very turbulent flight conditions, which I hope you will never experience in real life.
You will be presented with an artificial horizon that has a tendency to move into all directions at random speed and interval.
Your job is to keep it in its defined limits of 20° Pitch and 30° Bank with the arrow keys. Once you move out of a limit a blinking arrow is displayed showing you the direction to steer back into the valid range.
For breaking a limit for more than 4 seconds you are punished with a terrible beep (unless you turn off your loudspeakers, which is unsportsmanlike)!

To start Vertigo press the Start button!