A flight motion simulator includes a pitch frame pivotably mounted, and
nested for pitching in a roll frame. The roll frame is pivotally mounted
to, and nested for rolling in, a base frame. The roll frame and pitch
frame are rotatable in unison so as to simulate a roll of an aircraft
relative to the base frame. The pitch frame is rotatable relative to the
roll frame so as to simulate a pitch of the aircraft relative to the roll
frame. A control stick is pivotably mounted to the base frame and pitch
frame for controlling and actuating the pitch and roll. A first coupler
having at least two degrees of freedom is rotatably mounted to the lower
end of the control stick and to the pitch frame. A second coupler also
having at least two degrees of freedom is rotatably mounted to the
control stick at a lower mid-section thereof to an upper end of a post
mounted to the base frame. This aids the pilot in actuating pitch and
roll as the control stick provides mechanical advantage to the pilot
providing manual inputs to the upper end of the control stick. The two
degrees of freedom of the first and second couplers include rotation
about a longitudinal axis and rotation about a lateral axis.