Guests of the Space Shuttle Adventure guide the shuttle collectively toward an equatorial orbit over the planet, communicate with realistic spacewalkers, guide the robot arm to deploy a communications satellite, and guide the Big Bird back to Edwards Air Force Base for a realistic Shuttle landing.
The FAIT Motion Control Platform performs admirably in extreme-conditions tests. However, during a recent demonstration of the Space Shuttle Adventure ride, the FAIT team encountered a minor glitch in the system's hydraulic system during the initial stages of a launch, giving some FAIT visitors a bit of a bumpy ride. The problems have since been fixed, and the systems currently in production function flawlessly.