Flight Simulator AVES: Fixed-Base + Motion Simulator

Cockpit-type(s) Airbus A320 + Eurocopter EC135:

Airbus A320 Cockpit
– Hardware based on DLRs A320 ATRA
– Level D quality replicas of devices and displays
– Active Side Sticks
– Touch Panel (replaces Circuit Breaker in OVH)
– A320 EIS1/2 Display System developed with 2Indicate (DLR)
– Operator cabin with 2 seats
– 8.1 Sound simulation with intercom system

Eurocopter EC135 Cockpit
– Hardware based on DLRs ACT/FHS EC135 Flying Helicopter Simulator
– Level D quality replicas of devices and displays
– 8 Channel Active Control Loading system
– Touch Panel (replaces Circuit Breaker in OVH)
– Display System developed with 2Indicate (DLR)
– Operator Cabin with 1 seat
– Integrated experimental pilot equipment and flight test engineer station
– Two sidesticks integrated
– 6.1 Sound simulation with intercom system
Cockpit exchangeability Cockpit Exchange
– Feasible in 4 hours
– Supported by use of crane
Motion:
Characteristics Motion System (electro-pneumatic)
– 14 tons Hexapod (Moog)
– Heave/Surge/Sway approx. 1m
– 25-30°Roll/Pitch
– Vel: 1m/s; Accel: 0.6-0.8g
– limit Freq. 10 Hz
Motion:
Maximum acceleration 0,8g
Comment
Sim-Flight Software Environment
– Simulation Software
– Flight dynamics models based on MATLAB/Simulink and C++, validated by flight test data
– Hard and soft real-time applications running under Windows7 or QNX
– Operator Station software for simulator control available
– Distributed Simulation with High Level Architecture
– Visual System
– OpenSceneGraph based render engine, weather effects, water, brown out, daytime simulation
– 3D Database
– Aerial photos: Germany resolution from 0.1m/px up to 1m/px, world wide coverage with 15m Landsat
– Elevation: 5m – 90m (SRTM)
– Main airports (fully modelled): Braunschweig EDVE, Frankfurt EDDF, Hannover EDDV, Hildesheim EDVM
– Database generation tool chain allows rapid database update