Pilots interact with tactile cockpit panels that replicate aircraft switches and avionics, while a VR headset replaces the conventional visual display system to immerse crews in the simulated flight environment.
Reiser Simulation and Training has introduced a new virtual reality-based simulator designed to support pilot training for the Airbus H125 helicopter.
The device, called the Veris H125, was developed with TRU Simulation + Training Inc., a Textron Inc. company and affiliate of Textron Aviation. The simulator uses TRU Simulation’s FAA Level 7-qualified Veris platform and integrates Reiser’s H125 flight controls, cockpit panels and aircraft simulation model. Those elements are already used in Level D full flight simulators, allowing the Veris system to replicate the aircraft’s behaviour and cockpit interaction in a lower-cost training device.
A fully electric six-degrees-of-freedom motion base provides flight cues and vibration, while the simulator uses the same flight data, software baselines and advanced technologies found in TRU Simulation’s Level D full flight simulators, including the REALFeel control loading system.
