FliteSim Has New Trainers

FliteSim (Booth N3235) of Nashua, NH, is introducing a new family of training devices designed to meet the latest U.S. and European standards.

The first in the series of new-generation systems is a Baron 58/Bonanza A36 unit that is in the final stages of development. JAA certification and first delivery to a European flight school is anticipated in February 1999.

FliteSim says its flight training devices and navigation procedures trainers differ from competing units in that they offer very realistic, type-specific interiors dominated by a wide-angle projected visual display viewed through an actual airplane windshield. All of FliteSim's trainers feature dual controls and aerodynamically accurate flight performance. Prices start at under $200,000.

The manufacturer says the unique characteristics of its equipment can be traced to the basic system architecture. Instead of connecting pilot input directly to the flight model, all controls are read by the host computer, which recognizes the action but passes only that which the software program directs to the flight model, or from it to the instrument and visual display. It is thus possible to change the flight control effects (as in icing conditions), create unlimited abnormal or failure mode routines, or add new capabilities to existing hardware.