Through a literature study, supplemented by interviews with experts, a feasibility study is performed into the technical possibilities for combining the training of drivers for the following four types of wheel vehicles into one driving simulator: Mercedes 290 GD, LSV, UN vehicle, and FENNEK. It appeared that this integration is possible, be it that the dynamic vehicle models and the driver's compartments must be made separately for the four vehicles. The cost saving for training tools that occurs, compared with the procurement of four separate simulators, is estimated at 10-26 million guilders. It is recommended to carry out further research into the training goals and the connected functional requirements of an integrated simulator. The aim is to obtain more accurate and more detailed estimates of the technical design of an integrated simulator. On the basis of the functional requirements, more accurate costs estimates may be obtained by asking simulator producers for budgetary charges. (A)
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